On December 19, 2023, nine-year-old Elianna Ellie Wentz and her 7-year-old brother, Aden Wentz, were found dead inside their Stetson Hills home in Colorado Springs after police responded to an initial report of a burglary. Autopsies showed both children suffered gunshot wounds to the head; one of them also had an incised wound to the neck. Toxic or near-toxic levels of a sleep aid were detected in their systems. An 11-year-old sister was found injured at the scene and survived.

Investigators focused on the children’s mother, 35-year-old Kimberly Singler, amid a bitter custody dispute with the children’s father, Kevin Wentz; a court had ordered Singler to turn the children over to their father the day before they were found. Singler vanished after the discovery and was located and arrested in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2023. She faces charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child abuse; investigators believe the reported burglary was fabricated to mislead.

If anyone knew the children’s movements or has information about the custody dispute or the events around December 18–19, please share what was seen or heard.