Mary Jo Loons Jansen, 46, was killed in her Blaine, Minnesota home on the evening of February 8, 2019 — the same day she had attended her mother’s funeral. She and her husband were in the midst of a separation; she had served him with divorce papers around Thanksgiving 2018 and was preparing to move out the day after the killing.

A 911 call from the Jansen residence on 95th Avenue Northeast came late that night. The caller, identified as her husband Matthew Lynn Jansen, told dispatchers he had just killed his wife with a gun and said the weapon was unloaded and in the foyer. Officers found an unloaded .44 handgun on the steps and Mary Jo deceased in an upstairs bedroom with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest. The Anoka County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Family had earlier removed firearms from the home over concerns about potential violence. The couple had been married 23 years and had two children. Does anyone have information about Mary Jo’s life in Blaine or the events that led up to that night?