Lori Jackson Gellatly, a 32-year-old mother of 18-month-old twins, was murdered at her parents’ home on Sioux Drive in Oxford, Connecticut, on the morning of May 7, 2014. Lori had recently separated from her husband, Scott Gellatly, and had obtained a temporary restraining order; a court hearing to extend that order was scheduled for the next day.

At about 5:30 a.m., Scott forced his way into the home. An argument escalated and he produced a handgun, shooting Lori multiple times. Lori was taken to hospital and pronounced dead of four gunshot wounds. Her mother, Merry Jackson, was also shot four times, critically wounded and losing an eye, but survived. The couple’s twin toddlers were asleep upstairs and were not physically harmed. Lori’s last reported words were Please don’t kill mommy as she threw herself over her mother and absorbed the fatal shots.

Scott Gellatly fled but was later found and arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder. If anyone knew Lori or Merry, or has information about the events of that morning, please share what you know.