The morning after an incident at Forestview Estates condominium in Norwich, Connecticut, emergency responders found 58-year-old Diana Hodgdon inside her home at 6 Forestview Dr. with a gunshot wound to her upper torso. She was pronounced dead at the scene on the evening of September 7, 2015. What was first reported as an accidental shooting became a homicide investigation as police questioned the circumstances.

Police identified Diana’s husband, 56-year-old James Hodgdon, as the sole suspect. James was arrested the following day and charged with murder after telling investigators the couple had argued, that he had gone to the garage with a shotgun intending to kill himself, and that the weapon discharged during a struggle when his wife followed him downstairs. He was held on $1 million bond and later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm; sentencing followed.

Did anyone in the area know the Hodgdon family or observe the couple’s interactions in the days before September 7, 2015?