Heading out to the stunning freshwater Lake Seminole in Jackson County, Florida, Mike Williams, 31, prepared for a day of hunting.
A keen fisherman and experienced hunter, Mike often wound down from his stressful days of work as an estate agent by hunting in the great outdoors.
But when he wasn’t out finding his next target, he was at home in Tallahassee with his wife Denise, then 26, and his 18-month-old daughter Anslee.
Denise and Mike were childhood sweethearts – they both had successful careers, with Denise working in a well-paying accountancy job and they had tied the knot in 1994 after graduation.
They lived a perfect and comfortable lifestyle, even when starting their own family.
So setting out for a solo duck-hunting trip on 16 December 2000,
