On October 13, 2017, the Oil Valley community in Wayne County, Kentucky, was rocked by a violent episode that left three members of one extended family dead. Sandra D. Dolen, 55, was shot and killed in her Monticello home. Her 57-year-old husband, Paul E. Dolen, then went to a nearby residence and fatally shot his 62-year-old cousin, Russell F. Dolen.

Deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office later found Paul Dolen in a barn on the family property armed with two handguns and a rifle. When he fired in the direction of arriving officers, deputies returned fire and Paul Dolen was killed at the scene. The deputies were not injured. All three bodies were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort for autopsies; the Kentucky State Police took charge of the investigation.

Does anyone in the area remember unusual activity or interactions involving the Dolen family in the days before October 13, 2017?