In the early morning hours of February 24, 2022, 42-year-old Wade Goodale was found with a gunshot wound in southeast Minot, North Dakota, after an argument at a residence. Despite CPR and emergency medical treatment, he was pronounced dead at Trinity Hospital. Goodale was seated in his parked 1991 Honda Accord when investigators say he had been severely beaten, his car’s driver side window broken out, and then fatally shot.

Authorities arrested Mathew Anderson, 34, and Regina Goodale, 35 (initially misidentified in reports as Whitney F. Racine). Prosecutors said Regina Goodale, the victim’s wife, had been romantically involved with Anderson and arranged for Anderson to assault her husband; Anderson then pulled the trigger. Both left the scene without seeking help for the dying man and returned home.

In June 2023 a jury convicted Anderson of murder and Regina Goodale of accomplice to murder. Anderson received life without parole and Regina Goodale was sentenced to 35 years. The North Dakota Supreme Court later affirmed Regina Goodale’s conviction. If anyone knew Wade, Regina, or Mathew, or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known.