January 2023: a therapist calls to report a missed appointment. The police arrive and find eight bodies. An entire family was exterminated in Enoch, Utah. How did a man with a stable job, five children, and a visible community life methodically execute seven members of his family without anyone stopping him in time?
In this episode, you will discover how Google searches about gunshot range, the removal of all firearms days before, a report filed in 2020, and signals ignored by the system converge in a tragedy that redefines what domestic control means. The answers lie in the details that no one prioritized until it was too late.
Case Details
Victim: Ataushannel Head (wife), Gale Conde (mother-in-law), Macy Head (daughter, 17 years old), Brailey Head (son, 12 years old), Amón Head (son, 7 years old), Siena Head (daughter, 7 years old), Gavin Head (son, 4 years old)
Perpetrator: Michael David Head (subsequent suicide)
Date: January 3-4, 2023
Location: 4923 North Albert Drive, Enoch City, Utah, United States
Status: Investigation closed; perpetrator deceased
- Michael searched Google to see if neighbors would hear 9mm and 40mm gunshots days before the murders, establishing clear premeditation
- He removed all firearms from the home between late December and early January; Ataushannel's sister claims that with firearms available, both women could have defended themselves
- In 2020, a formal report for pushing his daughter Macy against a couch was investigated, Michael admitted the incident, but the case was closed without sustained intervention
- On December 30, the last documented conversation of Ataushannel with her friend Tina Brown occurred normally; Michael left his job at Allstate on January 3 at 2:00 PM, never to return
What critical information in that typewritten journal found in his office would reveal about his true intentions?
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