Carrie Lynn Breitling-Welnel, a 50-year-old White/Caucasian woman from Minot, North Dakota, was fatally shot on the morning of August 15, 2021. Police responded at about 7 a.m. to a residence in the southwest part of the city and found Welnel deceased from a gunshot wound.

Investigators quickly located 23-year-old Caleb Heyward-Treib in the backyard of a nearby home; he was also found dead and showed no obvious signs of trauma. Authorities ordered an autopsy for Heyward-Treib as they pursued what they described as a murder-suicide and continued to investigate motive and the exact circumstances of the shootings.

The community mourned Welnel, remembered for her vibrant life and connections to those around her. Does anyone in the Minot area have information about Welnel, Heyward-Treib, or the events that morning?