In the summer of 2023, the community of Big Rapids, Michigan, was shaken by the tragic death of Samantha Jo Houghton. A 33-year-old woman, Samantha's life was cut short on the night of July 22nd in what authorities would later describe as a devastating murder-suicide. She was a mother to four children and was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.
On that Saturday night, officers from the Big Rapids Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1100 block of Catherine S
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