Nelsonville, Wisconsin lost three members of a family in a single, brutal episode on April 30, 2009. Two-year-old Griffin Kettner, his 3-year-old sister Ashley Kettner, and their 30-year-old mother Christine Gollon were found dead inside the family home after concerned relatives alerted authorities. Deputies returning the next day forced entry to find windows covered with blankets, drapes and cardboard and the house heavily soaked with gasoline.

Autopsy findings reported that the two children died of gunshot wounds while Gollon’s death was described as a complex homicidal fatality involving cuts and wounds. The children’s father, 36-year-old Shane Kettner, was found inside the barricaded, gasoline-soaked home holding an unharmed 6-month-old daughter and a suicide note was located at the scene. He was charged in connection with all three deaths and later entered guilty pleas to two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of first-degree reckless homicide, receiving two life terms plus an additional 30-year term.

Did anyone in the Nelsonville area know the family or have information about their situation before April 30, 2009?