Crystal Dawn Jones Hamilton was 30 when she was killed on May 19, 2007, in Moscow, Idaho. Born in Boise and a Kuna High School graduate, she had lived in Moscow about a decade and worked at the Latah County Courthouse for seven years. Friends and family described her as creative, enjoying drawing, painting, crafts, gardening and animals.

Crystal was the first victim in a violent spree that day. Her husband, Jason Hamilton, fatally shot her and then went on to kill two other people: Paul George Bauer, 62, a church caretaker, and Lee Stewart Newbill, 48, a police officer who became the first officer in Moscow’s history killed in the line of duty. Jason Hamilton died by suicide at the end of the attack and was identified as the sole person responsible.

If anyone knew Crystal, her routines, or has information about that day, please share what might help remember her or clarify what happened.