Laura Rowens was the wife of a Marine who was serving in Iraq at the time. She was alone in her house when rapist/murderer Jeremy Davison broke into her home, intending to rape and kill her. Fearing for her life, Laura drew her gun and shot Jeremy in self-defense, resulting in the NCIS Major Case Response Team being called in to investigate the scene. NCIS later believed that Rowens and Davison had communicated online given that Special Agents Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Caitlin Todd later discovered various messages from her to Davison in Davison's apartment.