A New Hampshire mom who gunned down her cancer-stricken husband and their two children before killing herself was receiving considerable support from her family at the time, a relative said.
Emily Long, 34, blasted a single bullet into eight year-old son Parker and six year-old daughter Ryan around 5:30am at their $600,000 home in Madbury, killing both.
She killed husband Ryan, 48, with multiple gunshots before turning the gun on herself. The couple's youngest child, aged three, was found wandering around the property unharmed by police called to the scene about three hours after the shooting.
Long had posted social media videos sharing her fears about losing Ryan, who had brain cancer, and raising three children alone. But a cousin told The Boston Globe on Tuesday that Long was being well-supported and cared for by family throughout her husband's illness.
The cousin, who was not named, said: 'This is why we’re just all so in shock. We have a lot of family, a lot of friends, that would do anything for them because, you know, they would do it, too.'
