Chanelle Alvarez was 15 when she was fatally shot in her Ogden, Utah home in the early morning hours of October 18, 2025. Family members describe her as a Hispanic teen with a beautiful, feisty spirit and a contagious laugh. She was found in her bedroom with a single, close-range gunshot wound to the head.

Chanelle’s 16-year-old boyfriend, Hezekiah Plummer, has been arrested and will be tried as an adult. A family member was awakened by a gunshot, encountered Plummer on the stairs as he allegedly claimed a robbery had occurred, and Plummer fled carrying a firearm. The weapon was a Glock belonging to Chanelle’s mother; the gun case was found but the firearm was missing. Plummer was later found in a neighboring county with over $4,000 in cash and several ounces of marijuana and faces charges including first-degree murder, obstruction of justice, and theft of a firearm.

Family and community members remember Chanelle as full of life with many dreams ahead and characterize her death as an instance of domestic violence. Does anyone have information about Chanelle, the Alvarez household, or the events that night that could help clarify what happened?