Katherine Colleen Hunt, 53, was shot and killed at her Marina Road home in Hampden, Maine on July 27, 2012. A welder at General Electric in Bangor who enjoyed oil painting and crocheting, she had been living with her 53-year-old boyfriend, Lawrence Beaute, for about a year after he moved from Jacksonville, Florida. Katherine had been trying to end the relationship in the period before the killing.

Beaute contacted Maine State Police dispatch at 7 a.m., admitted to the homicide, and said he intended to take his own life. A crisis negotiation team and the state police tactical team surrounded the two-story house; a neighbor’s child later reported hearing sounds they thought were fireworks around the time of the incident. When officers entered at noon they found Katherine Hunt and Lawrence Beaute dead on the kitchen floor. Investigators determined Beaute used a 9-millimeter handgun to kill Hunt and then killed himself; the death was ruled a domestic violence homicide.

If anyone knew Katherine, her routines, or what led to the fatal confrontation, please share information that might help clarify the timeline.