Man Secretly Recorded Fearful Wife & Kids the Night Before Killing Them in Murder-Suicide

In January, Michael Haight, 42, reportedly killed his wife Tausha, 40, the couple’s five children ages 4 to 17, and his mother-in-law, Gail Earl, 78, before shooting himself in a devastating murder-suicide in the family’s home in Enoch, Utah. Early details claimed that despite idyllic outward appearances, the Haights’ marriage had failed, and the pair were on the verge of divorce.

Michael Haight reportedly recorded his family in secret the night before he killed them. The video, obtained by ABC 4, begins with Haight laughing and joking with his children but quickly turns ugly when he and Tausha Haight start talking about their plans for divorce. The couple’s marriage was evidently falling apart, with claims of abuse against the father of five, who seemed like a community pillar from the outside. Some now think that was all a lie.

Michael Haight tearfully apologized to his wife.
During the secretly recorded videos, you can hear Michael Haight tell his wife that he has failed her and that he once wanted to be a good husband and father. Tausha Haight is heard telling her husband that he needs help and saying she deserves better than him, also expressing fear for her life when she is with him.

“I cannot continue to tolerate the way you have treated me,” she says.

Family and friends told police during interviews that the mother of five was proud of herself for moving away from an allegedly abusive relationship, according to News 4.

The couple’s children allegedly wanted their father gone.
In the videos, Tausha Haight tells her husband that their children claimed life was less tense when he wasn’t around, and they looked forward to a bit of peace in the house after the divorce was finalized.

“I don’t have a voice, Mike. I don’t have a voice. I will have freedom now,” Tausha Haight says in the video clip.