Husband ‘shot his wife dead’ while their three young children were home – then started licking blood off himself when cops arrived

Gary Lee Nickal, 39, was arrested on first-degree murder charges on Friday
The day before, Nickal called police to say his wife committed suicide
When cops arrived on the scene, they found Molly Jean Nickal dead from two gunshot wounds in one of the home’s bathrooms
The murder weapon was in the adjacent bedroom and her husband was licking blood off his hands
He claimed she shot herself while their three young children were at home, but police found the evidence did not line up with his story
The barrel of the shotgun was longer than Mrs Nickal’s arm, meaning it would have been all but impossible for her to fire the weapon herself
Two of Mrs Nickal’s sisters told police that her husband was abusive

By ASHLEY COLLMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A Westminster, Colorado man has been arrested for the murder of his wife, who was shot to death last week while their three young children were at home.
Gary Lee Nickal, 39, called police at 6am the morning of April 28, saying his wife, 35-year-old Molly Jean Nickal, had committed suicide by shooting herself with a shotgun.
But when cops arrived at the scene, they found that the evidence did not match Nickal’s story.
Mrs Nickal suffered two gunshots from a shotgun that was found not near her body but in an adjacent bedroom.

And when investigators took measurements of the gun’s barrel, they found it to be 13.5 inches longer than her arm – meaning it would have been all but impossible for her to have fired the weapon herself.
‘It would not have been possible for Molly Nickal to have fired the weapon into her head if she had been holding the gun without the aid of a device to push the trigger,’ the arrest affidavit read. ‘No such device was found in or around the scene of the shooting.’
Meanwhile, her husband acted strangely in front of cops, licking blood off of his hands while they questioned him at the scene.
One of the couple’s three children, who were at home during the shooting, allegedly told police that ‘Daddy took the gun from mommy and shot it so she wouldn’t hurt herself anymore’.
Two of Mrs Nickal’s sisters told police that the family had feared her husband was abusive.
They described him as controlling and violent and that their sister felt like she was ‘in a prison in her own home’.
Mrs Nickal had reportedly separated from her husband at one point, but found it hard to make the situation permanent because she struggled financially. After the birth of their baby boy, the couple got back together…..More Here

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Husband ‘shot his wife dead’ while their three young children were home – then started licking blood off himself when cops arrived