Having just welcomed a new baby into the family, it should have been a happy time for parents Christina Ann-Thompson and Jason Harris.
It was September 2014, and Christina had given birth to her second child with Jason, four months earlier.
While Christina, 36, adored her kids, she’d confided in a friend her 11-year marriage was troubled.
Jason worked in a plastics factory and spent as much time away from his family as he could.
Christina loved family life. She enjoyed scrapbooking, crafting and family game nights.
Behind closed doors at the couple’s home in Davison, Michigan, tensions were rising.
On September 29, Jason called a neighbour around 10am and asked them whether they could go and check on Christina as she wasn’t answering his messages or calls.
It was an unusual