On December 19, 2007, one-year-old Graham Gibbs Bankston died from a gunshot wound in the backyard of his family’s home in Birmingham, Alabama. His mother, Jennifer Gibbs Bankston, also died that evening; authorities determined the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide and named no other suspects.

Jennifer and her husband, Dr. Larry Chip Bankston Jr., had celebrated Graham’s birth. In the weeks after the baby arrived, Jennifer is believed to have been suffering from a form of postpartum depression, a struggle the family says preceded the tragedy. The family later held memorial services and established a foundation called Jenny’s Light in her memory.