Ashley & Daniel Hall murder-suicide: Farmington, Missouri husband and wife found dead from gunshot wounds, with couple’s children found unhurt in adjoining bedroom. Ashley Hall recent Facebook posts told of heartbreak and abuse at family home.
A Farmington, Missouri husband and wife were found dead at their home, Friday night in what authorities suspect was the result of a murder-suicide.
The bodies of the husband and wife were located at the family home in the 3100 block of Worley Road in Farmington following a 911 call.
Deputies with the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the residence just before 11:50 p.m, FOX2 reported.
Farmington, Missouri husband and wife found shot dead, couple’s two sons found unharmed in next room
When deputies arrived, they found an adult man and woman inside the residence suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. Authorities later determined that the victims were husband and wife and were the homeowners.
The couple’s two male children were located unharmed in an adjoining bedroom.
Investigators said the shooting appears to have been an isolated domestic incident. Officers stated that they did not believe there was an active threat to the public.
While authorities declined to publicly identity the husband and wife, social media identified the couple as Ashley Hall and Daniel Hall.
Farmington wife chilling Facebook posts weeks earlier
The husband and wife’s relationship appeared to be wrought with physical and emotional abuse and that one of the parties had sought to end the relationship.
Wrote Shannon Weaver: ‘Ashley Hall and Goodbyetree Daniel Hall. Devastating. My deepest nightmare and fear for 25 years. I am so heartbroken for their families and friends, for our community even. I’m praying but my heart says we need to take action to find a way to help domesticly abused people escape when they truly want too. I had no resources and no where to go where I could safely hide me and my children. I stayed and am in awe that I am alive.
‘Sadly Ashley is gone from the people who loved and cherished her and her space can never be filled. My life goal will be to find a way to help those who need and want help who are going through what I went through. Know that Your silence is not weak. I understand it’s for your safety. God will help you find a way and I’m begging Him to give me the resources to help you in the physical. My wheels are turning. I will not let this rest. Ashley is my motivation as are all that deal with abuse.’
Shared Ashley Hall on her Facebook wall on June 26, ‘Healings begin when you stop asking, ‘How do I make them understand? and start asking, ‘Why do I keep offering my heart to someone who refuses to hold it carefully?’
Read another post also shared on June 26, ‘Make a promise to yourself no matter what you’ll never again allow anyone to convince you that you that you’re the problem for having a normal reaction to someone’s hurtful and disrespectful behavior that they refused to discuss, acknowledge or correct.’
Domestic violence and unsafe relationship
Following the shooting, the children were placed temporarily with the Missouri Department of Social Welfare’s Children’s Division while arrangements were made for them to be cared for by relatives.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation. Authorities have not released additional details regarding what led to the shooting and what led them to believe the mother and father’s deaths were the result of a murder-suicide.
Shared the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department in its release, ‘If you or someone you know is in a violent or unsafe relationship, please reach out to local resources or law enforcement for assistance.’
Authorities continue to investigate.
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