Tonya Lynn Hart was 21 when she was killed in her Moscow, Idaho mobile home on December 11, 2001. A knock came at her back door that night; when she opened it she was shot twice at point-blank range, once in the chest and once in the face. A neighbor who heard the shots found her bleeding and called 911, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators focused on Tonya’s fiancé, Jesse J. Linderman, and his co-worker David J. Meister. Authorities allege Linderman paid Meister to kill Tonya for $1,000, with a $100 bonus if she was dead before Christmas. Meister, then 19, initially confessed, saying Linderman approached him in October and paid him $500 shortly before the killing, and that he walked to the trailer he shared with Tonya and shot her when she answered the door. Meister later recanted, claiming his confession was coerced, and conspiracy charges against Linderman were dropped for lack of evidence.

Meister was tried and found guilty of first-degree murder and received a life sentence; the Idaho Supreme Court later ordered a new trial on procedural grounds. Linderman continued to live and work in the Moscow area for a time after charges against him were dismissed.

Did anyone in the Moscow area know Tonya, Linderman, or Meister and have information that could shed more light on what happened?