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On September 11, 2016, 37-year-old Jesse Michael Mike Holton of Eclectic, Alabama, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in his master bedroom; his estranged wife April Holton was found critically wounded and died the next day. Mike Holton was a former mayor, firefighter and fire chief in the small community. The evening began with a domestic dispute after he had handcuffed his 17-year-old son for allegedly throwing a party and using drugs; a deputy briefly responded and left before neighbors called 911 minutes later.When investigators returned they found a scene that prompted murder charges against the teenager, who initially told police their father shot their mother and then himself.

Authorities later said scene evidence did not match that account. The son was held, released on bond after more than a year, and ultimately the murder charges were dismissed in October 2018 amid an alternative defense theory that Mike Holton had killed April and then himself; the deaths remain unresolved.

Does anyone have information about the Holtons or the events that night?