Molly McLain was 27 and a mother of two, Jack and Quinne, when she was killed in Maidstone, Vermont, in the summer of 2017. A restraining order required Jason McLain to move out, but Molly told the court she feared he kept a rifle openly to intimidate her.

On the evening of July 26, 2017, Jason McLain, 33, forced his way into the home. The account states he stabbed Molly in the face with a knife and then shot her with a semiautomatic pistol. Molly’s body was found in a ditch across the street from the house. Jason was found inside the home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and later died; investigators concluded he acted alone, and no further arrests were made.

Did anyone in Maidstone know Molly or her children and have details that could add context to what happened in those final weeks?