Kendy Patricia Funez, 25, was shot to death in the master bedroom of the Oakhurst Drive mobile home she shared with her boyfriend and first cousin, Denis Omar Funez-Flores, on August 19, 2010. Officers found her body had been moved from the floor to the bed; investigators concluded she was shot in the head at close range with a 20-gauge Mossberg shotgun recovered from a closet. An air pistol and some marijuana were also found in the home.

Police and witness statements describe the couple arguing and drinking before the shooting; officers noted 35 empty Corona beer bottles on the kitchen table. Funez-Flores told police the pair thought someone was outside, took the shotgun to look around, and said Kendy walked toward him, pushed the gun away and it “just went off.” Family members who arrived said she was face down and not obviously shot; one said Funez-Flores was attempting CPR and pouring water into her mouth. Detectives reported signs of a struggle in the bedroom.

Denis Omar Funez-Flores, 28, accepted an Alford plea to second-degree murder and received a sentence with a minimum of slightly more than 11 1/2 years to a maximum of 15 years in prison. Was anyone in the neighborhood aware of escalating problems between Kendy and Denis before that night?