michael holton was dead by the time deputies arrived. madison's mom was unconscience, but breathing. >> investigators first thought was, mr. holton shot his wife and then himself. >> from what we had been told, you would think that he actually shot her, mr. holton, and then would have turned the gun and shot himself. that's what one would tend to believe. >> april's injuries suggested she had been shot through her hand first. as if she put it up to protect herself. and then as she turned her face away from the gun, she was shot in the head. michael's injuries appeared self-inflicted. >> we noticed trauma, what appeared to be blood trauma in his mouth. he probably shot himself in the mouth. >> they were two parents on the same page about their teenage son. what happened to this couple in only eleven minutes? april and michael got together in high school. they married after graduation and pretty quickly became the parents of three kids. >> she was all about her kids all the time. always kind of thought she was like, this do it all kind of