A husband murdered his wife and then killed himself after the couple were accused of abusing their baby - when she suffered from an undiagnosed, fatal genetic condition.David O'Shell shot his wife Tiffany in the face while she slept before turning the gun on himself. The tragic murder-suicide happened the night before they were to meet with investigators who were looking into allegations that the couple had harmed their three-month-old daughter Alyssa.
Two weeks earlier, Alyssa had been taken from her parents after the child was found to have 11 fractures by doctors.
The couple's bodies were found on June 30, 2008 at their home in Lakewood, Colorado by Tiffany's father Paul when he could not reach them by telephone.
It was the same day that Dr Joyce Oleszek at Children's Hospital Colorado began to suspect that Alyssa was suffering from a rare disease and ordered genetic testing.
A week later, the fears were confirmed - the baby was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a fatal condition in babies. Read More
