The detectives asked Maureen about her reaction to the recent contact between her husband and Missy.
The detectives tracked down Missy's high school boyfriend and asked him to come in for an interview.
The detectives asked Steve about his relationship with Missy and his wife's reaction to it.
Weeks before she died, Missy gave Kevin a letter to open if something happened to her.
The detectives talked to Liddie again to see if they could learn anything more from her.
Kevin Travers notified the detectives that he had some additional information to share with them.
The detectives talked to Missy's ex-husband again to try to answer some open questions.
Investigators prepared a diagram of the relative locations of the Hammond and Travers residences.
YCSD investigators obtained a warrant to search Roger Hammond's residence and vehicle.
Preliminary report from the Yoknapatawpha County Coroner's Office on the autopsy of Melissa Hammond. Additional analyses are ongoing.
YCSD investigators obtained a warrant to search Steve and Maureen Kirby's residence and vehicles.
The detectives spoke with the victim's seven-year-old daughter about what she saw and heard the night her mother was killed.
The detectives dropped in on Missy's neighbor to ask a few follow-up questions.
In happier times, the victim's daughter drew a picture of her family.
Private investigator Pam Thompson provided a copy of her reports to the detectives.
The detectives visited the Hammonds at their car dealership to talk about their son and former daughter-in-law.
A local private investigator spoke to detectives about the Missy Hammond investigation.
Married: 6/17/72
Occupation: Co-owners, Farrell Motors
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's ex-in-laws
Excerpt: "Almost immediately, the couple began fighting over…"
The detectives asked Johnny McPhail to provide some more information about Missy's relationships.
DOB: 12/24/41
Occupation: Actor/Freelance CPA
Hometown: Burlington, NC
Relationship to case: Victim's cousin
Excerpt: "[Johnny often gave Missy] advice on matters that she didn't feel comfortable discussing with…"
The detectives asked Selena Crosscroft for more details about Roger and his activities around the time of the murder.
The detectives talked to Jonah Dale's cousin, who had a close relationship with Dale's daughter, Missy Hammond.
The delivery person who was in the victim's neighborhood the afternoon of the murder agreed to work with investigators to try to remember more about that day.
The local newspaper reports on the Missy Hammond's funeral.
The detectives spoke with Roger's parents again to clear up some inconsistencies. Det. Armstrong talked to Gloria Hammond.
Investigators conducted a canvass of Murff's patrons to try to corroborate JP Wallace's alibi.
The detectives spoke with Roger's parents again to clear up some inconsistencies. Det. Murphy talked to Thomas Hammond.
The detectives spoke to the doctor whose phone number was in Missy Hammond's phone records.
Investigators attempted to verify Maureen Kirby's whereabouts on the afternoon of January 26th.
On January 18, 2001, a 911 caller reported a break-in at at residence at 311 Elm Street.
Investigators prepared a map showing locations relevant to the Missy Hammond homicide investigation.
The local newspaper reports on recent burglaries in Yoknapatawpha County.
The Crime Lab provided preliminary findings on their analysis of evidence collected in the Hammond investigation. Additional analyses are ongoing.
YCSD investigators obtained Missy Hammond's phone records for the days prior to her death.
The detectives asked Missy's former boyfriend to come back in and clarify a few open questions.
DOB: 8/9/72
Occupation: Warehouse associate
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's boyfriend
Excerpt: "By the first of the year, he was growing tired of Missy's demands on…"
The detectives brought Roger Hammond back in to discuss some unresolved questions about his previous comments.
The detectives brought in Missy Hammond's boyfriend to talk about their relationship and the argument they had the afternoon of her death.
DOB: 9/27/75
Occupation: Business Manager, Complete Computing Specialists
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's ex-boyfriend's wife
Excerpt: "Maureen was incensed at what she thought was Missy's…"
DOB: 10/31/74
Occupation: Sales Manager, Farrell Motors
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's ex-husband
Excerpt: "[Roger] flew into a rage and began ransacking the…"
The detectives asked Steve Kirby's wife to come in for a conversation about her connection to the victim.
The detectives brought in Roger Hammond to talk about his ex-wife's murder.
An insurance investigator contacted the detectives regarding the Missy Hammond homicide investigation.
Investigators prepared a map of Missy Hammond's neighborhood
Investigators compiled a list of vehicles registered to persons of interest in the investigation.
Investigators conducted a canvass of residents in Missy Hammond's neighborhood.
The detectives asked Missy's father to come in for another interview to follow up on some open questions.
The detectives spoke to a teenager who was babysitting across the street from the Hammond house on the afternoon of January 26, 2001.
Detective Murphy talked to one of Missy Hammond's close friends at the Southern Beauty hair salon.
CSU submitted this preliminary inventory of items taken into evidence in the Missy Hammond homicide investigation.
Investigators spoke to the victim's co-workers about her life and state of mind before her death.
The detectives spoke with Missy Hammond's friend and neighbor, Kevin Travers, about what went on in the neighborhood the day before her body was found.
DOB: 8/11/76
Occupation: Social worker, NMRC
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Relationship to case: Victim's ex-husband's girlfriend
Excerpt: "[Selena] constantly reviewed divorce law and custody statutes, looking for something that would give [Roger]…"
DOB: 6/2/72
Occupation: Photographer
Hometown: Pontotoc, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's neighbor
Excerpt: "Kevin often seethed with anger and frustration when he…"
The detectives spoke to Roger Hammond's girlfriend about her whereabouts the afternoon of January 26th and other relevant questions.
The detectives spoke to Jonah Dale at the crime scene, after he found his daughter's body and called 911.
The detectives spoke to Brenda Marsh's friend who was with her the afternoon of January 26th.
DOB: 5/4/49
Occupation: Hardware department manager
Hometown: Tupelo, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's father
Excerpt: "Jonah was heartbroken and lonely but fought his depression to…"
The detectives tracked down the delivery driver seen in the victim's neighborhood on the afternoon of January 26th.
DOB: 12/12/93
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's daughter
Excerpt: "Liddie still believes to this day that if she had been more of a good girl, they would…"
Thomas Hammond gave investigators permission to collect evidence from the Farrell Motors service center.
DOB: 7/18/75
Occupation: Hairstylist
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim
Excerpt: "Sometimes the fights escalated into the breaking of furniture and dishes and even violent…"
Investigators spoke to Farrell Motors employees to try to corroborate Roger Hammond's alibi.
The local newspaper reports on the death of young mother, Melissa Hammond.
The detectives talked to babysitter Brenda Marsh again to clarify some questions about her original statement.
On January 27, 2001, a 911 caller reported the discovery of a body inside an Elm Street residence.
DOB: 4/17/75
Occupation: Co-owner, Complete Computing Specialists
Hometown: Oxford, MS
Relationship to case: Victim's ex-boyfriend
Excerpt: "Steve thought this was the perfect way to teach Missy a lesson."
The local news reports live from the crime scene, where a young mother was found dead in her home.