At the big-boy age of 8, the oldest son of Adrianna Trujillo is a star in club baseball. Her 7-year-old daughter recently received two awards in school and lost another tooth. The baby of the family is a curious 2-year-old, who will only know his mother through photos and stories.
Nov. 13 marks the second anniversary of the death of Adrianna Trujillo. She was fatally shot at her home near Florissant at age 29 by her husband and the father of her baby, but not the two older children, according to Lynette Trujillo, Adrianna's mother.
Sean Mills, 27, then turned the gun on himself in what authorities defined as a murder-suicide. The tragedy touched many lives, leaders of Charis Bible College and its flagship Andrew Wommack Ministries, both headquartered in Woodland Park, said in an email to The Gazette. The couple, who met while students at the Bible school and then worked for the evangelical Christian ministry, were energetic and had a high-profile on the campus, friends said.
Though almost two years have passed, many who knew Adrianna and Sean are still affected by the senselessness of two young lives gone in a moment of despair. The fact that the case remains open, which the Teller County Sheriff's Office has attributed to delays at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, has further unsettled family and friends. Trujillo believes her daughter lingers close by when a stray white feather lands on the ground beside her while she’s doing yardwork, or a yellow butterfly hovers wh.
