The husband, 39-year-old Ted Bayly, called the sheriff's department in the middle of the night, saying he had just killed his wife and son and was about to kill himself.

He said he had financial problems.

And that's exactly what the sheriff's department found, at the quiet family farm on Hunter's Cut Road outside Cumberland.

The farm where the Bayly family lived is now wrapped in crime scene tape, a reminder of where they died.

Friends say 11-year-old Colton Bayly loved the outdoors, from archery to scouting to fishing, and he learned it all alongside his mom, Janice.

"They did everything together," said Chris Gabriel, Janice's co-worker.

Janice Bayly worked for the past 13 years at the GMN Tri County Senior Citizens' Center.

Her desk is being left untouched.

"We want it not to be true," said Michelle Hollins, Senior Services Director. "We're shocked, we're scared, we're saddened and we don't know what to do without her."

They say nothing ever led them to think Janice's husband, Ted Bayly, was disturbed.

They said he always seemed quiet.

"He came in here several times to pick up something, or to pick up the child," recalled Hollins. "He was always respectful to all of us."

Colton Bayly was in the 6th grade at Shenandoah Elementary School.

"Colton was a relatively quiet student," recalled Dan Doyle, superintendent of Noble Local Schools, "who I could say was well-liked by his classmates and his teachers. Losing Colton is definitely a tragic loss to our school community and he will be dearly missed by everyone."

At the senior center, the senior citizens say Janice was devoted to her clients.

She decorated the center for holidays, delivered meals to the homebound and drove people to the doctor, in addition to her many regular duties.

"She did all her own office work," said Anna Stevenson of Caldwell, "plus taking people to these doctors and wherever they had to go. And when there was no one was available, she got on the bus and she took them."

"She was a wonderful person," said Clara Henry of Dexter City. "You'd hear her laughter and it would make the room light up."

They said Janice radiated joy, and was the last person on earth you would equate with a tragic violent end.

"Everybody loved Janice," said Sandy Bennett of Zanesville. "You could be out here (in the dining area) and you could hear her back there (in her office) laughing. She was probably the happiest person around."

Noble County Sheriff Landon Smith says Janice Bayly's body was found on the bedroom floor of their mobile home, between the bed and the dresser.

Their son, Colton, was found on the back seat of his mother's car.

And Ted Bayly was found over an embankment outside the home.

Sheriff Smith says Bayly strangled his wife and son with an electrical cord, then shot himself.