On the morning of Sunday, October 6, 2024, 32-year-old Jennifer Jennie Bailey and her 58-year-old mother Lisa Bailey were fatally shot outside their Crawford Drive home in Bath, Maine. A neighbor who witnessed the attack said the women were attempting to get into their car to leave when a man identified by police as 66-year-old Michael Bailey shot them. Michael Bailey then went back into the house and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Friends say the shooting followed a period of escalating domestic turmoil. Lisa Bailey had reportedly been living with abuse for years and had recently filed for divorce; Jennie helped her mother prepare the paperwork. Police had been called to the residence on at least two prior occasions, including a September 24 report of a family fight and an assault involving a knife, but no arrests were made. The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit and the Bath Police Department investigated and later classified the incident as a murder-suicide.

Jennie was remembered as caring and devoted to her mother. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Political Science and was working at a law firm with hopes of becoming a lawyer; she and her mother volunteered together for Thanksgiving meal service. If anyone has information about the events leading up to October 6, the Bath Police Department wants to hear from you.