The only thing that really shocked me is that he was alive.

Like when he opened that door, the wind could have knocked me over.

Because I assumed that there was a gas leak and something happened and they were all dead.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Sige Nikolasi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation

discoveries to conviction.

Today we're talking about a heartbreaking case out of East Point, Michigan, a triple slaying

of a mother and her two children.

Christy Frattonick, 37, her son Timothy, who was also known by tray, was just eight years

old and their daughter Celeste, who was only two.

We're just hearing the ages of two of the victims here.

You all probably said, wait, oh no, children are involved.

And you know that we don't normally cover these cases because they are just too heavy

even for ourselves most of the time.

But we're covering this one today because first of all, it came to us from a listener,

Courtney Zainey, and she is Christy's sister.

And when she reached out to us via Facebook, she said she really was hoping that we would

cover this story, her family story.

And I quote, to keep their memories alive and also possibly to help someone in the same

situation.

And after getting to know her a bit, it became abundantly clear that this was a story we

needed to share.

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