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On May 8, 2018, Amy Fanion, 51, was found dead in her Westfield, Massachusetts, home from a single gunshot wound to the head. Her husband, Brian Fanion, a detective with the Westfield Police Department, called 911 and initially reported that his wife had shot herself; the death was first treated as a suicide.

Massachusetts State Police detectives later raised questions about that account. Investigators reported the bullet trajectory and the absence of gunshot residue on Amy Fanion’s hands were inconsistent with a self-inflicted wound. Search warrants executed on the couple’s home, computers, and phones reportedly turned up material that shifted suspicion toward Brian Fanion, including online searches about how divorce affects a pension and how to stage a murder as a suicide, and evidence he had been looking at apartments in the hours before the death. Prosecutors have since argued motives tied to pension division and an extramarital relationship; the defense has said Amy struggled with mental health and denies Brian’s guilt.

Does anyone have information about Amy’s life in Westfield or about what was known about the couple before May 8, 2018?