On January 13, 2023, 40-year-old Stephanie Michelle Thompson was found deceased in her Newport News, Virginia, home. Authorities discovered her and a man, both with gunshot wounds, during a welfare check.
The Newport News Police Department investigated the deaths and publicly stated that they believed the incident to be a murder-suicide. Further details regarding the circumstances leading up to the welfare check and the identity of the man found with Thompson have not been made widely
available. Due to the nature of the case as a murder-suicide, there have been no arrests made, and police are not seeking any suspects in connection with Thompson's death.
