Casey Colvin, a 40-year-old White woman, died in the earliest hours of February 1, 2020, in rural Spearsville, Louisiana, when a domestic dispute inside her family’s home erupted into gunfire. Deputies were called to a residence on Jack Beaird Road just before 2 a.m., after a teenage girl escaped through a window and ran to a neighbor’s house to beg for help, dialing authorities around 1:40 a.m.
Investigators said the violence unfolded room by room.
As the argument escalated, Casey reportedly tried to protect herself by locking herself inside a bedroom, while another teen, family friend Lela Platt, barricaded herself in a bathroom. The shooter used a 12-gauge shotgun to blast through doors, killing Casey, her daughter Billie Beaird, and Platt. When the first deputies arrived, they could hear frantic cries for help from inside; emergency responders rushed in, and Casey was transported by ambulance, but she died on the way to the hospital. Billie was found in a hallway, and Platt was found in a bathroom, underscoring how desperate the final moments were as they tried to hide from the advancing gunman.
Authorities identified the shooter as Christopher Colvin, Casey’s husband, and concluded the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. After shooting the three victims, he retrieved a 30-06 rifle and fatally shot himself, leaving four people dead at the scene and along the route of rescue. The sheriff’s office described it as a devastating loss and noted that multiple local agencies assisted as investigators processed the home and pieced together the timeline.
Because the suspected killer died by suicide, there were no arrests, no criminal charges filed, and no later court proceedings for Casey Colvin’s death. The case, as reported by law enforcement and local coverage, rests on the determination that Christopher Colvin was responsible for the killings before taking his own life.
