On Saturday morning, November 15, 2014, 62-year-old Carol Sheansy was found dead inside a residence on the rural outskirts of Seligman, Arizona. Law enforcement was notified around 10:00 a.m. by a phone call from 71-year-old Richard Hollman, who told authorities he had shot his wife. Officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office arrived first and took Hollman into custody; deputies later identified the deceased as Carol Sheansy.

Detectives from the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office investigated at the scene. Hollman reportedly implicated himself in the shooting, and a search warrant executed at the home recovered a firearm investigators believed was used in the homicide. More than 20 pounds of high-grade marijuana were also seized. Hollman was booked into the Coconino County Detention Facility on a charge of first-degree murder, with bond set at one million dollars.

What details about Sheansy’s life or the relationship between her and Hollman might help explain what happened that morning?