The son of a couple who were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide revealed more details about their relationship in a harrowing 911 call. As previously reported, Olin Johnson, 57, is believed to have fatally shot his wife Kerilyn Johnson, 52, before turning the gun on himself last month.The couple, who had celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary in April and who share six children, were found dead in their $1.34-million American Fork, Utah home, according to KUTV.Police confirmed at the time that a family member had found the couple's bodies, but no motive was shared for the killing. Now, new details have come to light about the couple's relationship, after an audio recording was obtained of their son calling 911 after finding his parents dead. The harrowing eight-minute call was obtained by ABC4, in which the caller allegedly says: "I think my dad killed my mom, but then he killed himself."The operator then asked: "Are they beyond help?", to which he responded: "I, yeah. Yes."When asked if he saw any weapons in the area, the caller allegedly replied: "Yes. There is a gun."During the call, which was made on June 20 at around 12:40PM, the dispatcher then asked: "Have they been violent? Do they have a history of fighting, or...?” Their son then allegedly responded: "No, but there’s been a lot of drama recently in the household. Just within the past four days."While he did not elaborate on what he meant by "drama", the couple's son also spoke about a previous incident in which their father allegedly spent a short time in jail. The couple were parents to six children. Credit: GoFundMeHe is reported to have said: "There was one instance of like a year or two ago that I think my mom, I don’t know, my dad was chucking stuff around the house. "He had a — he went to jail for a little bit, but nothing, like, I don’t think like contact physically."The couple, who were Mormon, had met in a college bookstore and had celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary in April. While they had often shared photos of happy times together on Facebook, Olin wrote a concerning Facebook status just days before their deaths. He shared photos of him with his motorcycle on June 18, writing: "No matter how crappy a person I am, motorcycles always love me back. Oh and skiing. Skiing loves me too."According to Olin's obituary, he was "always calm, thoughtful, kind and professional” with a “compassion for those in need” and a “constant source of calm and strength to his family.”Their joint obituary adds: "As we cope with immense sorrow, mourning the loss of Kerilyn, our beautiful mother, daughter, and sister, we also mourn for Olin, despite his actions. "We are overwhelmed with love and support from the community and express our deepest appreciation and gratitude. If you or someone you love is in crisis, please reach out for help.”Neighbors had said they did not notice anything unusual about the couple the night before their deaths, as they had played softball together, and said Olin had reportedly spoken about future plans.Over $89,000 has been raised for the couple's children. Credit: GoFundMeA GoFundMe was set up in the wake of the tragedy to help the couple's children, and has currently raised over $89,000. The American Fork Police said: "The family is requesting privacy as they grieve their loss. We express our most profound and sincere condolences to the family and friends of Olin and Kerilyn."Featured image credit: Facebook

A woman in Pennsylvania reportedly pushed her boyfriend to suicide by bombarding him with abusive texts and footage of her having sex with another man, prosecutors stated this week.

Mandie Reusch, 35, was charged when Kevin Metzger died by suicide after receiving "heinous and graphic" messages from her, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office detailed.

Before he took his own life, 37-year-old Metzger wrote a suicide letter and posted it on Facebook, which detailed the onslaught of abusive messages he had been receiving from his ex-partner.

"Mr. Metzger may still be here today if those messages did not influence and encourage him to take his own life," District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said in a statement.

The couple had shared a daughter, with Reusch repeatedly threatening to keep the child from him, according to court documents obtained by Pennlive.com. She had told him via messaging app WhatsApp that she and the child would be moving in with her new partner, before warning Metzger that he would never see his daughter again.

Reusch allegedly sent Metzger multiple texts encouraging him to take his own life, adding: "[The daughter] would be better off not even knowing you." Not only this, but Reusch went one step further and explained to him her plans to have sex with her boyfriend on Mother's Day "while your daughter calls him daddy," the news outlet further detailed.

On another occasion, Reusch sent a clip of herself having sex with another man after Metzger had sent her $200, with Reusch arguing that the amount wasn't enough. The messages had been sent while Metzger was away completing military training while Reusch and their daughter remained at home.

Ziccarelli stated that her office "will not allow or tolerate this kind of egregious behavior," while expressing her deepest condolences to the Metzger family. "The level of bullying, harassment, and threats rose to a criminal level in this particular case and we will prosecute it to the fullest extent of the law," she declared.

Reusch has since been charged on multiple counts, including aiding suicide, which is a felony, and harassment (a misdemeanor). She was arraigned earlier this week on Tuesday (June 13) and is currently being held on bail. Her next court appearance is June 27.

On the day he took his own life, Metzger told his ex-partner that he would be posting her abusive messages online after she told him he wouldn't be seeing his daughter for Father's Day. He then sent a friend hundreds of Reusch's messages, telling her to ensure "this gets known to the world".

Metzger was in the army and had served there for 20 years, per his obituary, and had been honorably discharged before re-enlisting in the Army Reserves. He had been described as a caring father whose daughter was "an extreme light in his life."

His obituary adds that: "He enjoyed a good time but was always there for his friends in tough times. He was a selfless and dedicated friend. Above all though, he passionately cared for his daughter."

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out for help and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

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A New Hampshire mother who had been documenting her husband’s terminal cancer diagnosis on TikTok fatally shot him and two of their children before turning the gun on herself, authorities confirmed.

Ryan Long, 48, his wife, Emily Long, 34, and their two young children, Parker, eight, and Ryan, six, were discovered shot to death Monday night. Credit: Facebook

Emily Long, 34, her husband Ryan, 48, and two of their children - Parker, eight, and Ryan, six - were found dead inside their Madbury home on Monday night (August 18) after police responded to a chilling 911 call reporting multiple deaths.

According to the Daily Mail, the caller had reported "multiple deaths" within the property.

The family’s third child, a three-year-old, was discovered alive and unharmed inside the house and is now in the care of relatives.

Autopsy results revealed Emily shot her husband multiple times, each child once in the head, before taking her own life.

Ryan, a school psychologist at Oyster River Middle School in Durham, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and terminal form of brain cancer. Emily worked as the director of operations at the restaurant chain Wing-Itz.

“It was a perfect family as far as we knew,” neighbor Bevy Ketel told WBZ-TV, per CBS News. “It’s just shocking. We didn’t see it coming.”

Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati told WCAX that investigators are still trying to understand the motive behind the killings.

“One of the biggest questions they have right now is motive, why? And I think that's probably one of the more difficult things that they are trying to grasp to understand how this came to be," Agati said.

In the months leading up to the tragedy, the mom shared a series of increasingly distressing TikTok videos with her nearly 8,000 followers.

Just two days before the deaths, she posted a clip on her now-private page opening up about her grief, isolation, and struggles to care for her children as her husband’s health declined.

“All I want to do is hide under a blanket with my kids, but that isn't healthy for them and it's not healthy for me,” she said, cited by Daily Mail. “Today I decided I need to make a conscious effort to shift my mindset. I'm getting out of this depression whether I want to or not.

“I am determined to create normalcy... I’m trying to get myself out of the rut, our kids are definitely struggling, and now I’m starting to notice some changes in our three-year-old.”

In separate TikToks, she spoke about having to tell her children that her husband's diagnosis was terminal. She revealed that her two eldest children understood the condition and the outcome more thoroughly than their youngest child.

On May 11, she uploaded a video captioned: "Want to watch someone actually fall apart before your very eyes? I swear, this cancer will be the thing that breaks me," per The Mirror.

According to the New York Post, police officials have disclosed that they are aware of concerns within the household at the time of the killings, but have not elaborated further.

"Based upon the information available at this time, it appears that in the early morning hours of Monday, August 18, 2025, Ms. Long took a handgun from the home and caused the deaths of Ryan Long and her two children, Parker and Ryan, and then took her own life immediately thereafter," a medical examiner said.

"While investigators are becoming aware of various concerns/issues ongoing in the household at the time of the event in question, people should avoid speculating that this event was caused by a single reason or stressor," they added.

The tragedy remains under investigation.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

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A 911 call between an armed man and Ohio police dispatchers has revealed the terrifying ordeal faced by a seven-year-old girl who was begging not to be killed as she was held at gunpoint.Following an investigation on November 11, the Medina County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Charles Ryan Alexander took his non-custodial daughter, Oaklynn Alexander, from her grandmother's house in Jefferson County, Ohio, after he initially tried to pick up the child from her school and failed.The police were alerted of the breach and the Brunswick Division of Police later located Alexander and his daughter via a vehicle description given to them.According to the press release posted to Facebook by the department, Alexander fled from the scene which prompted a police chase, resulting in them deflating the perpetrator's tires and forcing him to come to a halt in a parking lot.He was then involved in a handful of conversations on the phone with dispatchers where he threatened to kill himself as well as his child.In audio recordings of the 911 call which were released by Medina County authorities, Alexander can be heard threatening law enforcement while also telling his daughter that she would be "going to heaven.""I will shoot us both, stand back!” he said during the call while the girl in the background can be heard begging him saying: "Please don’t.""I wanna talk to her mother,” Alexander says to a dispatcher, later adding: “If you're listening, Ashley, you should’ve called."As the little girl keeps asking him questions, he calmly tells her they will be "both going to heaven."“How do you know we’re going to heaven?” she questioned. “We’ll both go,” he responded. “I am going to heaven?” she asked, before adding: "No!"When she starts choking up, he said: "‘Cause you’re a good person.”"“I don't want to go to heaven today,” she can be heard telling her father, her voice clearly revealing the panic she was in."I didn't want it to happen either, I just wanted to talk to your mother," Alexander replied in the audio.At this point, one of the 911 dispatchers chimed in to say: "Stay here," before going on to state: "I know you didn’t want to hurt [your daughter] and you didn’t want it to be like this."Let’s not do anything we can’t undo," she added.Another 911 dispatcher also tried to calm the suspect down, saying: "Just keep talking to her if you don’t want her to be scared."Let’s not do anything that is going to make it even more unfair to her, ‘cause you love her, I know you do," she also emphasized. The stand-off later resulted in Alexander being fatally shot by officers, according to the authorities.The little girl was rescued and reunited with her family physically unharmed following the incident.Featured Image Credit: RichLegg/Getty

A woman who received a desperate text from her husband that signaled that he was held hostage reportedly found his dead body before the police.

On June 2, a man named Qualin Campbell was found dead in Colorado Springs following another emergency call just after 2:00 PM that reported the discovery of two unconscious people who may have been shot in a car, as reported by the Colorado Springs Indy.

Federal civil rights attorney Harry Daniels said that the 32-year-old man was taken hostage and then murdered within a mile of the Colorado Springs Police Department HQ.

His widow Talija Campbell, who is also represented by Daniels, received an alarming text that showed a picture of an unidentified man sitting next to her husband in his car. Alongside the picture, he sent alarming messages that read "911" and "Send Please!"

Talija was stunned by the text and responded: "What's wrong! What do you need me to do? Send me your location again" - before reportedly calling the police. She claimed that authorities "failed to respond to the 911 call that could have saved his life," according to Too Fab.

The widow spoke with AP News about the heartbreaking incident and alleged that she called the authorities just after 1:00 PM and told the dispatcher that she believed Qualin was being held hostage. She then sent his location and described his car.

Talija reiterated all that information to a second dispatcher who allegedly informed her they would check it out. But, she felt there was "no sense of urgency," around her call, so she went to her husband's location herself.

"I shouldn't have been the one there, the first person to respond," she devastatingly told the publication. After arriving at the scene, she immediately spotted his vehicle and tragically found him slumped inside next to another unidentified man.

Talija then said that her husband's uncle contacted law enforcement again to report the shooting death. A police blotter confirms that the officials were sent to the scene at 2:09 PM to investigate and discovered two deceased males at the location, per People.

Qualin's lawyer noted in a release: "No law officers came until Campbell was found dead having bled out from a gunshot to the abdomen roughly an hour later.

"The Colorado Springs Police Department and El Paso County can make all the excuses they want, but the facts are simple: This was a hostage situation where Qualin Campbell was begging for his life, his wife called 911, the police were less than a mile away but they never responded," he said. "Let's be clear. If the police don't respond to a hostage situation, none of us are safe."

Police spokesman Robert Tornabene was asked about the police response to Talija's 911 call and said that he couldn’t comment because there was an "open and active criminal investigation" into the deaths, according to the publication.

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The widow has started a GoFundMe page to raise funds for her family, which includes her two daughters. So far, $4,165 has been raised from the $30,000 target.

On the page, she wrote: "Qualin was a loving husband, dedicated father, son, brother, and employee. Tragically, Qualin Campbell lost his life in a senseless act of violence.

"Talija and Qualin share a beautiful love story and were married seven years. She and their two daughters relied on Qualin to provide for the family. His family are having to cope with the untimely and unexpected death of their husband, father, and provider."

She penned that Qualin was "very active in his community," and remembered him as being "selfless" and having a "commitment to serving others" which was "unmatched".

"Qualin's family is devastated and will have to pull together to face this tragedy and deal with the emotional, physical, and financial effects from him [being] unexpectedly taken from them," she concluded.

Our thoughts are with Qualin's family and friends at this tragic time.

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