Detective Connor O'Donnell

Because, well, when there was no gun present, way too many rounds in both of them to be a murder-suicide.

Because, well, when there was no gun present, way too many rounds in both of them to be a murder-suicide.

Seen some pretty bad ones, but this one was significant.

Seen some pretty bad ones, but this one was significant.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

It was a long search, and we searched a lot of places. It was a needle in a haystack.

It was a long search, and we searched a lot of places. It was a needle in a haystack.

Well, I didn't spend a lot of time counting. I knew it was multiple times by the casings. It appeared that he'd been shot in the belly and then rolled over and he took the sheets and covers with him as he rolled off the bed. But then somebody stood over him and shot down into him as evidenced by the rounds that we found underneath him.

Well, I didn't spend a lot of time counting. I knew it was multiple times by the casings. It appeared that he'd been shot in the belly and then rolled over and he took the sheets and covers with him as he rolled off the bed. But then somebody stood over him and shot down into him as evidenced by the rounds that we found underneath him.

My belief is the person came in after. But in looking for hiding places, somebody could have hidden in there, but it didn't really make sense to me. It seemed to make more sense that they came in afterwards, waited until they went to sleep, and then snuck in the house.

My belief is the person came in after. But in looking for hiding places, somebody could have hidden in there, but it didn't really make sense to me. It seemed to make more sense that they came in afterwards, waited until they went to sleep, and then snuck in the house.

No, no forced entry, no. The sliding door was ajar, but Mike and Karen smoked on the back deck of the house and didn't lock the door, which in southwest Topeka, that's probably not that unusual.

No, no forced entry, no. The sliding door was ajar, but Mike and Karen smoked on the back deck of the house and didn't lock the door, which in southwest Topeka, that's probably not that unusual.

Yeah, and I believe that's the way the person entered.

Yeah, and I believe that's the way the person entered.

There was a coffee cup found on the kitchen table in the house and a coffee cup in Mike's vehicle out in the parking lot in the driveway.

There was a coffee cup found on the kitchen table in the house and a coffee cup in Mike's vehicle out in the parking lot in the driveway.