In late May 2014, an elderly couple was found dead at their rural Superior, Montana, residence. A relative who could not reach them asked a neighbor to check on the property; on the morning of Wednesday, May 28, 2014, the neighbor discovered one body and called authorities. Deputies arriving at the home found a second body. Both were pronounced dead at the scene and their bodies were sent to the state crime lab in Missoula for autopsies.

The victims are identified as 87-year-old Emma Jean Lane (also reported as Emma Jean Compton-Layne) and her husband, Jack Rodney Lane. Although an online memorial lists Emma Jean as having died from a gunshot wound on May 30, 2014, contemporary news reports and official releases did not publicly disclose the specific cause or manner of death. The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office and the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation opened an investigation; no arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced.

Are there readers who knew the Lanes or who have information about what happened that late May week in 2014?