Daniel C. Allard, a 47-year-old man from Okanogan, Washington, was shot in his Elmway home during the early morning hours of December 20, 2017, following a domestic argument with his wife, Sharon A. Allard. Deputies found him with a severe gunshot wound; he was taken to Mid-Valley Hospital and later airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, where he died three days later.

According to the investigation, Daniel had gone downstairs during the argument and was called back to check the television; when he returned upstairs, Sharon Allard shot him. She was arrested at the scene and initially charged with first-degree attempted murder; after Daniel’s death the charge was upgraded to first-degree murder and she was held on $750,000 bail. Another person in the house called for help and was not involved in the altercation.

Sharon Allard was critically ill with terminal cancer while in custody, was placed on the county’s imminent death list, and was transferred from jail to Mid-Valley Hospital under guard. On January 3, 2018, she died of her illness.

Did anyone in Okanogan know the Allards well enough to shed light on what led to that night’s argument?