A man is facing charges for a fatal Christmas Eve shooting in Castle Rock Township, just south of Farmington.
29-year old Demarco Jones is charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting the mother of his children, Tatianna Ehnes-Giles.
It happened on her 26th birthday, Christmas Eve.
According to court documents, family members heard the incident from downstairs before finding the man injured and the woman deceased in an upstairs bedroom.
The suspect, who reportedly gave conflicting accounts of the shooting to relatives, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.