On June 28, 2022, 50-year-old Darren VanHouten and his 73-year-old partner, Retta Atkins, were found dead during a welfare check at their home on Dilligaf Road east of Kingman, Arizona. Mohave County deputies determined both deaths were homicides. VanHouten was originally from O'Neill, Nebraska and had moved to Arizona.

Investigators identified 25-year-old Daniel Matthew Avila of El Mirage as a suspect after he was arrested on unrelated charges in Maricopa County. Ballistic testing matched a firearm taken from Avila at the time of that arrest to bullets recovered at the Kingman scene. Surveillance video from the victims’ home showed a suspect with an apparent left shoulder injury; detectives noted scarring on Avila’s left shoulder consistent with that injury. Authorities said Avila had no known connection to the victims and did not disclose a motive.

An arrest warrant charging Avila with two counts of first-degree murder was issued in March 2023. Does anyone have information about VanHouten or Atkins, their movements in Kingman, or the Dilligaf Road area on June 28, 2022?