On New Year’s Day 2015, a house party in Idaho Falls, Idaho, ended in the death of 34-year-old AnnaRae Louise Ponce. During an altercation after a group arrived, her boyfriend, 25-year-old Kevin Michael McQuilliams, threatened a 16-year-old with a handgun and struck someone with the pistol’s handle. The gun discharged; the bullet did not hit the intended target and instead struck Ponce, who was pronounced dead at the scene. McQuilliams left the state with the couple’s 3-year-old son and was arrested later that day in Truckee, California.

Kevin McQuilliams was returned to Idaho and charged with involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; his brother Keith McQuilliams and another person, Nubia Castillo, were arrested on charges of felony accessory to manslaughter for helping him flee. In April 2015 McQuilliams pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and two other charges as part of a plea agreement; in June 2015 a judge imposed a sentence of up to 20 years with a minimum of seven years to be served before parole eligibility.

If anyone at the party or who knew AnnaRae has information about the events that night, please come forward.