Kimberly Goodson, 48, was found dead in her Polson, Montana home after family requested a welfare check on February 16, 2025. Responding officers discovered circumstances that prompted a homicide investigation; her body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office and an autopsy determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound. Evidence indicated she had been killed on February 14, 2025.

Investigators linked Goodson’s death to a separate violent encounter that same day. On February 14 a man later identified as 49-year-old Cameron Edward Francis of Gridley, California, exchanged gunfire with a Polson police officer during a traffic stop in a vehicle registered to Goodson. Authorities believe Francis, described in reports as Goodson’s boyfriend, shot her in her home, then fled in her vehicle and fired approximately 27 armor-piercing rounds at the officer. Francis was arrested at the Elmo Post Office and charged with deliberate homicide and attempted deliberate homicide; his arraignment was scheduled.

If anyone knew Kimberly Goodson, her movements on or around February 14, or saw the vehicle linked to this case, please come forward with information.