Garden Drive tragedy: who were they?

David and Ophelia Leffler moved into 508 Garden Drive in Boulder in July 2018. They had been married for 36 years, but it had been a turbulent relationship, marred by mental illness and occasional violence.

Sometime after they moved in — the timing isn’t clear — the Lefflers died. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says that David murdered Ophelia in their upstairs bedroom, and then shot himself.

Their skeletal remains wouldn’t be discovered until Aug. 27, 2023. Their identities were confirmed by the Montana Crime Lab in Missoula shortly afterwards.