The story behind the headlines: "A dying mother's plan: Buy a gun. Rent a hotel room. Kill her son."

When initial headlines came out in 2015, an immigrant family's tragedy seemed puzzling.

• http://ktla.com/2015/07/30/mother-accused-of-killing-teenage-son-as-he-slept-in-rosemead-motel-room-charged-with-murder/
• http://abc7.com/news/17-year-old-boy-fatally-shot-at-rosemead-hotel;-mother-arrested/886699/
• http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Woman-Arrested-After-Mans-Shooting-Death-at-Rosemead-Hotel-318722671.html

Recently, investigative reporting helped to fill in the gaps of how lack of awareness regarding mental illness might have led a loved one to search for desperate measures for how to care for their family members.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-mother-murder-mental-20170514-htmlstory.html