Dee Dee Kaye Wach, 19, was ambushed outside her parents’ house at 3651 W. Thunderbird Way in Kearns, Utah, and died after a shotgun blast to the chest on the night of December 13, 1988. She had returned from a plainclothes security shift at a JCPenney in Bountiful at about 10:45–10:55 p.m. when the shooting occurred; a neighbor heard shots and someone cry out, and a trail of blood led from the curb toward the front door as her parents called for help. She was rushed to LDS Hospital but died shortly afterward.

Detectives described the killing as a targeted attack carried out at the edge of the driveway. Early reports said deputies were still looking for suspects and no immediate arrest appeared likely. In a January 1989 custody hearing a detective testified that her estranged husband, Paul Wach, remained an active suspect at that time, though no charges were filed. The case remains an unsolved homicide and the Unified Police Department requests tips from anyone with information.

Does anyone remember seeing Dee Dee or anything unusual on Thunderbird Way that night?