Shelby Lynn Booth, 26, was shot and killed on May 7, 2022, while on vacation in a rental cabin between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Deputies from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office found her inside the cabin with multiple gunshot wounds. Her boyfriend, 21-year-old Julian Popoca, was at the scene and was detained.

Arrest warrants say Popoca admitted to shooting Booth after an argument. Friends reported Booth had previously voiced concerns about Popoca and one friend spoke with her about 20 minutes before the shooting. Popoca was initially charged with second-degree murder and later indicted by a Sevier County grand jury on first-degree murder; he was being held in the county jail awaiting trial.

Booth’s family and friends remembered her as kind-hearted, genuine, and full of life. If anyone has information about Shelby’s last hours or the rental cabin on Katy Creek Road, please come forward.