In the pre-dawn hours of March 12, 2022, gunfire at a Motel 6 in Rexburg, Idaho, ended the lives of 37-year-old Iliana Jespersen and her husband, 49-year-old Jason Jespersen, who were visiting from Arizona. Dispatch received 911 calls around 5:33 a.m., with some callers saying a bullet had penetrated the wall of their room. Officers evacuated other guests and sheltered them on a school bus because of the cold, then attempted contact with the occupants of the ground-floor room but received no response.

The Rexburg SWAT team forced entry and found both Iliana and Jason with fatal gunshot wounds to the head. Investigators concluded the deaths were a murder-suicide, with Jason believed to have shot Iliana before turning the gun on himself. Families were notified and the investigation continued.

If anyone stayed at that Motel 6 that morning or has information about the couple’s movements before the shooting, please share what is known.