Jason Matthew Donlon, 40, of Butte, Alaska, was found shot to death inside a tiny one-room outbuilding the family used as living quarters on October 7, 2010. Responding to a 911 call made that morning by his wife, investigators discovered he had been shot six times—once in the head and five times in the back—and a .45-caliber handgun was recovered at the scene. Scene reconstruction indicated he was prone and apparently asleep when the shots were fired.

Authorities arrested his wife, Lisa Michele Donlon, who admitted firing the weapon and was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide. She maintained the shooting was an act of self-defense after days of escalating abuse, and accounts from the children and other witnesses were introduced describing sustained domestic violence. The prosecution and defense presented opposing narratives: an execution of a sleeping husband versus a protective act by a battered spouse. A Palmer jury found Lisa Donlon not guilty on all counts on April 3, 2013.

No other suspects were identified. Does anyone have information about the family’s time at the Butte residence or the events in the days before October 7, 2010?