{"id":14010,"date":"2025-05-15T00:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=14010"},"modified":"2025-05-15T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:19:30","slug":"wife-tried-to-save-husband-days-before-he-killed-family-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=14010","title":{"rendered":"Wife tried to save husband days before he killed family in murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The wife of Jeremy Koch, the man who allegedly killed his family in a shocking murder-suicide on the day of his son\u2019s high school graduation, tried\u00a0desperately\u00a0to save her husband\u2019s mental health in the days before the tragic incident came to pass.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"efuim69ff0dff7af25\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.efuim69ff0dff7af25 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.efuim69ff0dff7af25 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.efuim69ff0dff7af25 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.efuim69ff0dff7af25 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.efuim69ff0dff7af25 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Dawson County Sheriff\u2019s Office paid call at a home at around 9:45 a.m. on May 10. There they found the bodies of Jeremy Koch, 42, his wife, Bailey Koch, 41, and the couple\u2019s two sons, Hudson, 18, and Asher, 16.<\/p>\n<p>All four had sustained knife wounds. It\u2019s strongly believed that Jeremy killed his three family members before dying by suicide himself.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy and Bailey had previously set up a Facebook page called\u00a0Anchoring Hope, intended to help support individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts. The two had been together for over 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>The family\u2019s relatives, meanwhile, have said that Jeremy\u2019s own mental health issues date back to at least 2009 and included multiple suicide attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, mere days before the murder-suicide that has made headline news around the world, Bailey made a desperate plea online, asking for others to join in helping her husband. Earlier this month she started a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/jeremys-battle-mental-health-support-needed?attribution_id=sl:67099625-fb54-4be3-92b3-69385b8e7e14&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1746309372&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t1-amp15_t2&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link&amp;v=amp14_t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0page, writing:\u00a0<em>\u201cMay is mental health awareness month, so here we are\u2026making you aware.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/14072943\/Skarmavbild-2025-05-14-kl.-09.29.26.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1204px) 100vw, 1204px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/14072943\/Skarmavbild-2025-05-14-kl.-09.29.26.png 1204w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/14072943\/Skarmavbild-2025-05-14-kl.-09.29.26-768x426.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1204\" height=\"668\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/jeremys-battle-mental-health-support-needed?attribution_id=sl:67099625-fb54-4be3-92b3-69385b8e7e14&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1746309372&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t1-amp15_t2&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link&amp;v=amp14_t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Credit \/ GoFundMe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As recently as May 3, Bailey wrote that her husband had survived no less than four suicide attempts, while he was undergoing constant treatment to aid his mental health. Meanwhile, in March 2025, she said she woke to her husband standing over her with a knife, saying: \u201cSomething is wrong.\u201d On that occasion, she was able to de-escalate the situation and convince him to seek help.<\/p>\n<p>On May 8, Jeremy was released from inpatient care at a hospital after being diagnosed with severe dehydration and malnutrition on May 3.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on her and her husband\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anchoringhopeformentalhealth\/posts\/pfbid02MkoNwDUvKCjpVhKfH2VV5H1qHjKNTjMveJ8mi8L1TJhNGqrmBDa3PBCLJiYxUUjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>, Bailey celebrated the fact that Jeremy would be home in time for the high school graduation of their eldest son, Hudson.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, police were dispatched to the family home not long after, only to discover Bailey, along with her two sons, fatally stabbed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook wp-block-embed-facebook\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anchoringhopeformentalhealth\/posts\/pfbid02MkoNwDUvKCjpVhKfH2VV5H1qHjKNTjMveJ8mi8L1TJhNGqrmBDa3PBCLJiYxUUjl\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100063625748555\/posts\/1248807403916773\/\"><p>I wish I had better news, as Jeremy was so happy to be released from the mental health hospital yesterday to go home in\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anchoringhopeformentalhealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anchoring Hope for Mental Health: Jeremy &amp; Bailey Koch<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100063625748555\/posts\/1248807403916773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thursday, May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bailey\u2019s father, Lane Kugler, revealed\u00a0on social media\u00a0that he had discovered the bodies of his daughter, grandsons, and son-in-law on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I saw will haunt me for the rest of my life,\u201d the grieving father wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeremy had been fighting mental illness for many, many years. His depression had turned into psychosis. It was not Jeremy who committed this horrific act. It was a sick mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of Jeremy Koch, the man who allegedly killed his family in a shocking murder-suicide on the day of his son\u2019s high school graduation, tried\u00a0desperately\u00a0to save her husband\u2019s mental health in the days before the tragic incident came to pass. 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