A double homicide in Columbus, Georgia left a toddler and her grandmother dead on October 10, 2022. Nineteen-month-old Eleanor Ellie Louise Dietz was found at a residence on Hilton Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. Her 64-year-old grandmother, Ursula Dietz, was also found at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds; the Muscogee County Coroner’s Office ruled both deaths homicides.

Ellie was described as a child who enjoyed cuddling stuffed animals, chasing bubbles and singing Itsy-Bitsy Spider. Authorities identified and arrested 25-year-old Kevin Dietz, Ursula’s son and Ellie’s uncle. He was booked on two counts of murder and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

What details about the day or the people involved might help explain what happened that morning?