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On July 12, 2014, Eliseo Lopez, 42, and his wife Mayra Lorena Lopez, 40, were shot to death inside their home in the Sopris Village subdivision of El Jebel, Colorado. Their two sons were in the house; one, then 14, escaped and called 911. Each victim was shot four times.

The suspect was identified as Williams Anderson Amaya, a 33-year-old nephew who had been renting a room in the Lopez home. Investigators say Amaya bought a .380 caliber handgun that day, brought the ammunition to a church and bathed the bullets in holy water, and an argument about the family dog reportedly preceded the shootings. He fled but was located the next morning at his workplace in Glenwood Springs after law enforcement pinged his cellphone; a SWAT team took him into custody without incident.

Amaya pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Psychiatrists testified he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and unspecified schizophrenia and that he claimed to be the son of Lucifer; he told investigators he believed his aunt and uncle were possessed. In October 2016 a jury found Williams Amaya not guilty by reason of insanity and he was committed to the state mental hospital for treatment.

Did anyone in El Jebel know the Lopez family well enough to add details about their lives or the events leading up to July 12, 2014?