On the morning of August 26, 2017, in Powell, Wyoming, 65‑year‑old Shirley Williamson was fatally shot in her home. Shirley, who had been blind and suffering severe mental illness with paranoia and auditory hallucinations, was cared for at home by her husband of 36 years, David Williamson. Testimony described Shirley as increasingly fearful and speaking of death; she reportedly told a son, If I die, it will be someone else who did it.

That morning Shirley took an unloaded gun supplied by her husband, fired it at him with no bullet discharged, then asked him to shoot her. After a quiet moment she lay down and a shot was fired that killed her. David called 911, told dispatch he had killed her, and led deputies to the bedroom. He was initially charged with second‑degree murder, pled not guilty at first, later changed his plea to guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced in Park County District Court.

What details might someone who knew Shirley or the family add about her decline or the circumstances that morning?