Eleven years before her husband shot her and their six children, Amanda Karolkiewicz sat down to write about the man she had married, and called him a gift to their family.
Investigators in Ottawa County, Michigan, said this week that Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, fatally shot his 39-year-old wife and their six children, aged between five and 15, before killing himself and setting their Grand Haven Township home ablaze.