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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>The Washington state based psychologist, 55, shot dead her seven-year-old twin daughters while they slept on Friday night</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Michele Boudreau Deegan then turned the gun on herself in murder-suicide amid a protracted divorce with her ex </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Deputies performing a welfare check at the family&#8217;s home in Sudden Valley, Washington on Saturday discovered the bodies</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Police said Deegan had been embroiled in a custody dispute over the girls and that likely was the motive behind the double homicide-suicide</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Deegan, a psychotherapist, posted several articles about &#8216;narcissist parents&#8217; on her Facebook page hours before the shootings</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Friends said Deegan adored her children but suffered from mental health issues </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#58464b"><strong>Neighbors who had alerted Child Welfare Services in the past with concerns for the twins, described the mother as a &#8216;troubled&#8217; person </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-seven-year-old-twin-daughters-2.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-seven-year-old-twin-daughters-2.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Troubling domestic double homicide-suicide: Michele Boudreaux Deegan [photo], shot her seven-year-old twin daughters before turning the gun on herself at the family&#8217;s home in Sudden Valley, Washington, over the weekend</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A 55-year-old psychologist in Washington state, Friday shot dead twin daughters while they slept before turning the gun on herself, police say. <br>The tragic murder-suicide unfolded on Friday night in Sudden Valley, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. <br>Deputies performing a welfare check at the family&#8217;s home discovered the bodies of Michele Boudreau Deegan and her her seven-year-old daughters. Deputies responded around 1:15 p.m. Saturday to do a welfare check on a home after a roommate in the multi-level house said that he found his landlord and her two children dead in an upstairs bedroom.<br>Investigators said Deegan killed her daughters while they slept on Friday night.<br>An initial investigation revealed that Deegan had been embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over the children with her ex. Authorities believed that was her primary motive in the shootings. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-seven-year-old-twin-daughters-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-357432"/><figcaption><strong>Investigators said Deegan killed her twin girls [photo], while they slept on Friday night Authorities believe that her custody battle with the children&#8217;s dad was the motive behind the murders</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deegan worked as a psychotherapist, according to her website. <br>The front page of the site reads: &#8216;My goal is to teach clients new ways of perceiving their problem, healthy coping behaviors for responding to their problem, and healthy attitudes &; communication skills for working with their families, partners, or work environment so they can make changes in their own life.&#8217; </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegan-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-357448" width="649" height="649"/><figcaption><strong>Twisted love: Friends said Deegan [photo], adored her children but suffered from mental health issues. O</strong>n <strong>the day of the murders she shared several articles about &#8216;narcissists&#8217; on social media, including how people in relationships with narcissists can be driven to suicide</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the day of the shootings, Deegan shared a number of articles about &#8216;narcissists&#8217; on both her professional and personal social media pages &#8211; Several related to parenting. A few other posts discussed how people in relationships with narcissists can be driven to suicide. <br>Addressing the incident Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo said, &#8220;It&#8217;s a real tragic situation that we&#8217;re still investigating, trying to get more information on what might have motivated someone to do something this horrific.&#8221; <br>Those who knew the mother described her as &#8216;deeply troubled&#8217;. At a point they had contacted child welfare authorities with concerns about the twins they told <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/bellingham-police-mother-killed-twin-daughters-then-shot-herself/Y3ZKMRXZDFGG7CTLVGZOBLWUB4/">KIRO 7</a>.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-seven-year-old-twin-daughters-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-357430"/><figcaption><strong>Victims: Those who knew the mother described her as &#8216;deeply troubled&#8217;. At a point they had contacted child welfare authorities with concerns about the twins [photo]</strong> </figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-home-1-1024x563.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-357429"/><figcaption><strong>Deputies performed a welfare check at the family&#8217;s home [photo] on Saturday. A day after a roommate called to report that he&#8217;d found his landlord and her children dead in an upstairs room</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some of the neighbors revealed that the twins were rarely seen outside their home: &#8220;&#8216;Really right now, I&#8217;m just in shock I can&#8217;t believe this happened,&#8221; one neighbor said. <br>Deegan had been embroiled in a custody dispute over the children, investigators said. Deputies performing a welfare check at the family&#8217;s home discovered the bodies on Saturday afternoon. <br>One of Deegan&#8217;s friends reacted to the news in a Facebook <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/jen.mindlin.1/posts/10158492479461211">post</a>, saying that she was &#8216;mentally ill&#8217;. <br>&#8216;Michelle was a wonderful woman&#8230;.she HAD TO HAVE BEEN trying (in an absolutely sick, unimaginably twisted way, obviously) to &#8220;protect&#8221; the girls from a life with their dad without her,&#8217; the friend wrote. <br>&#8216;She was a kind and warm friend, bright and empathetic, a psychologist with a local practice that helped so many people, including me, and my daughter.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Michele-Boudreaux-Deegans-seven-year-old-twin-daughters-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-357433"/><figcaption><strong>One of Michelle Deegan&#8217;s friends speculated that she murdered her daughters to &#8216;protect&#8217; them from their father</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The friend confirmed that Deegan was in a &#8216;horrific custody battle, with a man she had a domestic violence protection order against&#8217;.<br>&#8216;Every time she believed her divorce was almost final, she would be dragged into a new frivolous and expensive renegotiation,&#8217; she wrote. <br>&#8216;She had been bankrupted by litigation, right or wrong, she worried for her girls with their dad&#8230;..(the sad irony is not lost on me)&#8230;&#8230;this was a mental health tragedy, not a terrible person.&#8217; <br>The friend concluded: &#8216;I just really want everyone to know that Michelle did NOT abuse the girls, she loved them. She was just sick&#8230;.and scared.&#8217; <br></p>

Psychologist shoots dead her sleeping seven-year-old twin daughters before turning the gun on herself – Michele Boudreau Deegan was in a bitter custody battle with her ex
