Conroe woman texted 'gun to my head' on night of her murder, documents show

Shelby Trotnic, 22, was murdered near Conroe on March 6, 2017. Shelby Trotnic, 22, was murdered near Conroe on March 6, 2017. Photo: Submitted Photo Photo: Submitted Photo Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Conroe woman texted 'gun to my head' on night of her murder, documents show 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

Court documents recently made available outline details of what led to a Conroe woman losing her life in March, including the text-message plea to her neighbor for help.

Christopher Stogsdill, 26, is facing a first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting Shelby Trotnic, 22, in her home in the 12200 block of Sweet Bay Drive off FM 2854 on March 7. Stogsdill is transgender and identifies as a woman named Chrissy, court documents show.

Sierra Diaz, 20, was arrested with Stogsdill in Colorado on a state-jail felony child endangerment charge. Court documents filed in Diaz's case detail the brutality of the murder that allegedly happened as Trotnic was reportedly kicking Stogsdill and Diaz out of her home.

The three lived together in the single-wide mobile home, although Trotnic reportedly told her neighbor the day before she was murdered that she wanted to kick Stogsdill and Diaz out, court documents show. The neighbor told Montgomery County Sheriff's detectives he saw Trotnic a few hours later arriving home with Stogsdill and an acquaintance.

The acquaintance came outside that night and talked with the neighbor, and told detectives that's when he heard an argument coming from inside the home. The neighbor said he heard glass breaking and what sounded like a high-powered BB gun being shot.

Detectives said Stogsdill then exited the house and loaded up two young children and drove off. After Stogsdill left, the neighbor told the acquaintance to go check on Trotnic in her home.

The acquaintance knocked on Trotnic' s door, but nobody answered, detectives said. The neighbor said he figured Trotnic wanted to be left alone after the fight.

When he got back into his own house, he checked his phone and saw he missed two messages from Trotnic, one asking him to come over to her house immediately and the other saying "gun to my head," according to court documents.

The neighbor became curious the next morning when he noticed Trotnic was not out on her porch smoking her morning cigarette, and he also noticed Stogsdill left behind a beloved dog after she left. The neighbor went up to the door and knocked, but received the same response his acquaintance got the night before.

He then went around the house to where Trotnic's room was, stacked a few buckets on one another and peered inside. He could not see anything, so he broke a window to the room and climbed in.

That's when he found Trotnic laying on her back in a pool of blood, with stab wounds on her face and a blue plastic bag stuffed down her throat.

Extradition Not Waived

Stogsdill was arrested in Aurora, Colorado days after Trotnic was found dead and has yet to be booked in the Montgomery County Jail as of press time. Prosecutors say Stogsdill is fighting her extradition to Montgomery County.

Assistant District Attorney Vince Santini said Stogsdill declined to waive the extradition, which would have meant she could be brought to Montgomery County automatically. But because she is fighting the extradition, Santini is filing for a governor's warrant that would bring her back to Texas to face the charge, although that warrant must first be approved by both Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper before it can be executed.

"Once there is an arrest warrant out, that means (Stogsdill's) been charged with the crime," Santini said. "(Stogsdill) had fled to Colorado with Sierra who also had an arrest warrant for endangering a child."

Prosecutors charged Diaz with state-jail felony child endangerment for the alleged deplorable conditions of the home the three lived in together – all with Diaz's two children. Investigators claim the home was not suitable for living after having found no running water and garbage hoarded throughout the home.

Detectives found days' worth of human feces piled in the bathroom and throughout the house, according to court documents. They also allegedly found a knife stabbed into the ceiling in one of the rooms and drug paraphernalia in another.

In another room, detectives allegedly found a pellet gun, power tools, blades and methamphetamines. Investigators spoke with Diaz's grandmother the next day and learned from her that Diaz, Stogsdill and the two children were on their way to Colorado.

Diaz waived extradition and was booked in the Montgomery County Jail on March 9 with a $250,000 bond. She will be back in 221st state District Court Judge Lisa Michalk's court for an information hearing May 2.

As for Stogsdill, prosecutors filed the first-degree murder charge in Michalk's court Monday.