In the autumn of 2014, in the small city of Harrison, Arkansas, the life of a young woman named Bailie Breedlove, a 24-year-old White/Caucasian female, was brought to a tragic and violent end. On October 6th, concern grew when Bailie's children were not picked up from daycare, an alarming deviation from her routine that had never occurred before. This prompted her grandfather to go to her home on West Prospect Avenue.
Upon arrival, he found both Bailie's and her husband's vehicles parked outside, but there was no answer at the door. Fearing for her welfare, he contacted the authorities.
When officers from the Harrison Police Department arrived, they were met with a grim silence. After being asked by the concerned grandfather to make a forced entry, an officer broke a window to unlock the door. Inside the residence, a heartbreaking scene awaited them in a back bedroom. Bailie Breedlove and her 26-year-old husband, Zacri Logan Breedlove, were both found deceased. The subsequent investigation determined that Bailie had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her upper torso.
The investigation into the deaths concluded that the incident was a murder-suicide. Authorities believe that Zacri Breedlove shot his wife before taking his own life. Family members revealed to investigators that Bailie had been planning to leave her husband and was intending to move out of their home on the very day the tragedy occurred. Police records also indicated that they had responded to domestic disturbances at the couple's residence in the past, with reports of yelling and screaming.
Bailie was remembered as a loving mother to her three-year-old daughter and three-month-old son. She was a hairstylist at a local salon and enjoyed horseback riding, drawing, fishing, and canoeing. The couple's children were placed in the care of family members following the devastating loss of their parents. The case was closed with the determination that Zacri Breedlove was the sole perpetrator in the death of his wife, Bailie.
