On March 28, 2015, six-year-old Elizabeth Obukhov was found dead in her bedroom at the family home on McAfee Farm Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. Her eight-year-old sister Katherine was discovered in an adjacent bedroom; both children had sustained single gunshot wounds to the head. Their father, Alexi Obukhov, discovered the scene that morning when he arrived to oversee repairs and called 911, reporting that his estranged wife Nina Obukhov had shot the children and herself.

Responding officers found Nina slumped over in the same bed as Elizabeth. Investigators recovered a handwritten note in Russian believed to have been written by Nina. An autopsy confirmed that both girls’ deaths were homicides caused by gunshot wounds to the head. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office concluded the evidence indicated a murder-suicide, with 34-year-old Nina shooting her daughters before taking her own life.

The investigation examined the family’s history, including a prior domestic disturbance call and reports from friends and relatives that Nina had been depressed and struggling in the marriage. No arrests were made because the person believed responsible was deceased and the case was closed. Did anyone in the Bedford area remember the Obukhov family or notice anything in the months before March 2015 that might shed light on what happened?