Samantha Shea Fignani, 23, was killed on May 22, 2017, in Orofino, Idaho. Family described her as a mother, daughter, and sister with a sweet smile and infectious laugh. The shooting was tied to a love triangle: during a jailhouse phone call, Joseph Walker told his then-girlfriend Jessica Colpitts that he had a new relationship with Fignani. Colpitts asked a friend, Cassie Madsen, to drive her to Fignani’s home. Madsen testified she thought Colpitts intended only to confront Fignani, but Colpitts approached the door armed with a .410 shotgun and shot Fignani when she opened it. Fignani was taken to Clearwater Valley Hospital and died of her injuries.

Investigators executed multiple search warrants and brought in an FBI underwater evidence recovery team to search a nearby pond. The prosecution relied on recorded jail calls, DNA evidence, and Madsen’s testimony, including Madsen’s account that Colpitts returned to the car laughing and said she’d shot Fignani in the crotch and that she would live. A jury convicted Jessica Colpitts of first-degree murder on March 29, 2019; at sentencing the judge imposed life with an 18-year fixed term. Madsen was later charged with aiding and abetting and was sentenced on August 11, 2020, to seven years, with five years fixed and two indeterminate, plus a $5,000 civil fine to Fignani’s family.

Did anyone in Orofino know Samantha or have information about the events leading up to that day?