On Sunday, March 13, 2022, Martha Chardavoyne Athon, 59, and her husband Jeffery Wayne Athon, 61, were found dead in their Hillsboro, Alabama, home after deputies conducting a welfare check discovered both with gunshot wounds. The Lawrence County coroner and investigators concluded the evidence indicated Jeffery Athon shot Martha and then died by suicide, and the case was treated as a murder-suicide.

The investigation into what led to the couple’s deaths remained ongoing, and no information about the couple’s ethnicity was provided. The community was left grieving and seeking answers about the circumstances that culminated in this violent incident.

If anyone knew the Athons or has information about their situation in the months before March 13, 2022, please share what you know.