Gunther Saline was 17 when he was found dead from a gunshot wound in a north Phoenix apartment on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Phoenix police had been called to the residence near 23rd Avenue and Rose Garden Lane for a welfare check and discovered Gunther with a fatal gunshot injury beside his mother, 37-year-old Christina Marie Watson.

Watson was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and later died of her injuries. Homicide detectives concluded Watson shot her son and then died by suicide; the Arizona Department of Child Safety joined the inquiry and reached the same determination. Investigators reported no other suspects and no prior abuse or neglect records involving the family.

If anyone knew Gunther or has information about the household or events leading up to December 14, 2022, please come forward.