Danielle Nichole Martin was 43 when she was shot dead at a home north of Rock Springs, Wyoming, on the afternoon of January 28, 2018. Deputies responded to a reported shooting and found Martin with a gunshot wound to the head. A man at the scene, Stephen Jeffrey Taranovich of Rock Springs, was taken into custody and initially charged with manslaughter as investigators reconstructed the events inside the Pyramid Drive residence.

Kiskis described Martin kneeling near the foot of the bed and Taranovich seated with a handgun in his lap; he said the barrel was pointed toward Martin and that the gun discharged. Taranovich told investigators he had been using dope and was taking apart a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson to clean it, reassembling it without realizing a live round remained; he said the weapon fired unintentionally when he pulled the trigger. Prosecutors charged him with involuntary manslaughter, sought a habitual-criminal enhancement, and a judge found probable cause to send the case to district court. Taranovich later pleaded guilty and was sentenced on October 9, 2018.

Are there witnesses who were at the Pyramid Drive residence that day or anyone with information about Martin’s movements before the shooting?