Lamar police chief: Victim did not have protection order against accused killer

Lamar Police Chief Ron Hager told the Joplin Globe that people at the home where 33-year-old Kelly Dawn Wolfe died this morning had protection orders against accused killer Roy Leon Willis, but Ms. Wolfe did not have one:

Officers found Wolfe shot in the head at her home in the 1700 block of Cherry Street in Lamar shortly before their confrontation with Willis. Hager said the two previously had been in a relationship.

“It’s probably a relationship-based problem,” he said. “But we’re going to have to look into that.”

Police believe Willis sneaked into the home through a back door while Wolfe’s two children were at school, and she was home with her mother and 5-year-old nephew.

Hager said Wolfe’s mother told police that she didn’t realize anybody else was in the home until a shot was fired.

Hager said his department arrested Willis at Wolfe’s home on Oct. 19 for violating a protection order.

“There are some orders of protection against him from people in the home, but not from (the victim),” he said.