On a June day in 2022, Dieter Seier, a 67-year-old White male from Cornish, New Hampshire, accompanied his longtime friend, June Wilson, to her home in Woodstock, Vermont. The purpose of their visit was to facilitate the transfer of a vehicle to her son, Jay Wilson, 45, who was living at the Slayton Terrace residence. June had recently traveled from her home in Florida with the intention of selling the Woodstock property, a decision that had angered her son.
A dispute over property and
money escalated, leading Jay Wilson to fatally shoot Seier multiple times in the torso outside the home on June 14, 2022. Following the shooting, June Wilson was able to flee to safety, physically unharmed. Jay Wilson then barricaded himself inside the house, resulting in a standoff with police that lasted for over nine hours. When officers eventually entered the home, they reported hearing a single gunshot and discovered Jay Wilson deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
In the aftermath, it was revealed that Jay Wilson had exhibited threatening behavior in the days leading up to the shooting, including an angry outburst at his mother's lawyer's office. The estate of Dieter Seier has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against June Wilson. The lawsuit alleges that she was aware of her son's dangerous behavior and possession of firearms but failed to disclose this information to Seier, instead assuring him that it was safe to be at the home. The case has been identified as a homicide-suicide by authorities, with Jay Wilson as the sole suspect in Dieter Seier's death.
