On June 17, 2020, police conducting a wellness check at an apartment on Social Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, found 44-year-old Tanya D. Gagnon and 43-year-old Charles Johnson dead in separate rooms, each with a single gunshot wound. Investigators concluded the scene was a murder-suicide, with evidence indicating Johnson had shot Gagnon and then himself. A cat in the apartment was also found shot; a dog was unharmed.

Gagnon and Johnson had been in a relationship for about three years and had lived together at the Social Street address since March 2020. Police records reportedly showed no prior domestic violence calls involving the couple. Tanya’s family remembered her as a caring case worker who had spent 27 years helping others and as someone with a big heart and a love for laughter.

If anyone knew Tanya, Charles, or their residence and can add details about their last months together, please share what you know.