Christine Gollon, 30
Ashley Kettner, 3
Griffin Kettner, 2
WI, Nelsonville, Portage Co.
April 27, 2009
Christine, Ashley, and Griffin's murders has left a 6mo old Daughter/Sister to live her life without her Mother or siblings
Christine died from a “complex homicidal fatality,” according to the medical examiner, which included cuts on her neck and wounds on her wrists; her children were shot to death several days after she was killed. Her six-month-old daughter survived being doused with gasoline and inhaling the fumes.
Christine Gollon’s estranged boyfriend and the children’s father, Shane M. Kettner, 36, pled guilty to one count of reckless homicide in her death and two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the children’s deaths. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison and twenty years of extended supervision in her death and two concurrent life sentences in the children’s deaths, to begin after first serving the thirty-year term. He will be eligible for parole after fifty years in prison.
Authorities discovered the bodies after returning a second time to conduct a welfare check at the urging of Christine Gollon’s mother, who reported that Shane Kettner had made past threats to hurt her if she tried to leave him and would not allow her to leave the home with all three children at the same time.
Authorities found the doors barricaded, an assault rifle and other guns and ammunition throughout the house, and signs that Shane Kettner may have planned to commit suicide. The carpeting was soaked with gasoline in several places, and he had a lighter in his pocket, as well as a revolver within reach.
He and the surviving child were in the house with the murdered children and their mother.
Source:
WCADV.org - Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Homicide Reports - 2009 DV Homicide Report
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