On October 19, 2009, 25-year-old Irving Romero was fatally shot at a trailer park on Chinden Boulevard in Garden City, Idaho. Romero had been at a residence with several others; witnesses said tensions rose as some present had been using methamphetamine. Three men — Carlos Malvin Navarrete, Michael Stolp, and Jesse Salinas — arrived together and, after a verbal argument, the confrontation moved from a back room onto the porch where Navarrete pushed Romero and then fired a single, fatal shot.

Witness Elizabeth Chinea said she saw Salinas hand a gun to Navarrete. Janet Wallace later testified that Navarrete confessed, saying Romero had circulated unflattering pictures and insulted him, which Wallace described as the motive. Several people who testified, including Holly Ruddell and Chinea, acknowledged inconsistencies and that some had been under the influence that day.

Navarrete was arrested, tried, and convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement and received a lengthy prison term.