Rachael Deanna Johnson, 30, and her 5-year-old son Colton were found shot to death in their Cleveland, Tennessee, home off Mouse Creek Road on December 7, 2015. Rachael, a veterinary surgery technician with a master’s degree in biology who loved the outdoors and was devoted to her son, did not show up for work that day, which prompted a welfare check that led to the discovery.

Investigators identified 31-year-old Ross Anderson as the suspect. After the killings he drove to Rutherford County, knocked on doors in the early morning hours and displayed confused, erratic behavior that resulted in hospital admission. While at the hospital he told a social worker he had killed his wife and son. Two guns and ammunition were later found in his truck, and he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and taken back to Bradley County to face proceedings.