Her husband, Jason Sheats, works as an IT consultant at Oxy, a Houston-based oil and gas company, according to his Linkedin page. He was also originally from Alabama. Friday, the day of the shooting, was his 45th birthday.
Neighbors told KTRK-TV that the couple had only recently reunited after a separation. It is not clear how long they were apart or when exactly they got back together. Their marriage had been strained by the deaths of her grandfather and mother: