Larry Vehrs, 75, and his wife Nadya, 76, were found dead on July 3, 2017, in Anchorage, Alaska after a second welfare check at their home on the 11000 block of Hillside Drive. Officers had checked the residence the evening before and saw nothing amiss; when they returned around 3:30 p.m. the next day and expanded their search beyond the house they discovered the two bodies in a wooded area behind the garage where the property slopes into trees. Both had died of gunshot wounds, and investigators called the incident a murder-suicide, treating Larry Vehrs as the suspected shooter who then took his own life.

The driveway and house appeared undisturbed, and police said there was no broader threat to the public. The motive remains unknown.

Did anyone in the area know the Vehrs family or notice anything unusual around the property that week?