A B&B Owner Was Found Murdered at Her Lakefront Property — By the Same Man Who Murdered Her Mother 23 Years Earlier

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Martha McKay was devastated when her mother and cousin were murdered in 1996

Travis Lewis was convicted of killing them at age 17, but had steadily maintained his innocence, and McKay ultimately befriended Lewis

Lewis killed McKay in 2020 after a dispute over $10,000 in missing cash, police said

On any given day, Martha McKay could be found hosting parties under the canopy of cypress trees at her family’s home on picturesque Horseshoe Lake in Hughes, Ark., or sitting on her filigreed veranda catching up with one of her many friends.

“She lived life to the fullest,” McKay’s sister Katie Hutton, previously told PEOPLE. "She loved her life.”

After years of being away from her beloved home, McKay returned, renovating the ornate antebellum-style house in 2005 and opening it