( CNN ) -- A Georgia family whose daughter was killed is battling to get her 9-month-old child back from state custody in New York , where her estranged husband left the baby with relatives after her slaying . Corrissa Friends , 21 , was shot to death in her apartment in the Atlanta suburb of Riverdale , Georgia , on August 11 , according to police . Her husband , Wisdom Jeffrey , is wanted in connection with her death and is now a fugitive , Riverdale Police Chief Samuel Patterson said . Patterson said he believed Casey had been returned to the family by now . But Corey Friends , the slain woman 's uncle , told HLN 's `` Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell '' that the girl , `` as far as I know , is in the state custody of New York . '' `` We are currently trying as hard as possible to get Casey back in the custody of my family , '' he said . He said the family had received an outpouring of support from friends in the Atlanta area , `` and hopefully we can catch this guy and draw some kind of closure to this crazy situation . '' Patterson said Corrissa Friends had moved several times around the Atlanta area to get away from Jeffrey , and that police had been called to the apartment about a domestic dispute the day before the killing . Officers found no evidence of violence at the apartment , and Jeffrey was not arrested . But because Jeffrey 's name was not on the lease , they told him to leave at Friends ' request , Patterson said . Early the next morning , Patterson said , Jeffrey returned to the apartment and shot Corrissa three times with a shotgun -- twice from the front , once from behind . She was able to call 911 , but died before an ambulance arrived , the chief said . He said witnesses put Jeffrey at the apartment less than five minutes before the shooting , and police recovered the shotgun used in the killing at the scene . He said he expected Casey would be back with her maternal grandparents , but , `` The wheels of justice sometimes move a little slowly from our perspective . '' `` It should have happened yesterday or the day before , '' Patterson said .
Corrissa Friends was shot to death August 11 . Her estranged husband is wanted in connection with the killing . `` The wheels of justice sometimes move a little slowly , '' police chief says .