In the predawn hours of February 7, 2023, a home near 1100 S. Palo Verde in Mesa, Arizona, was the scene of a fatal shooting. Inside a bedroom, 32-year-old Keith Emmons was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene after Mesa Police officers responded around 2:00 a.m.

Witnesses quickly identified 27-year-old Kathryn ’Katie’ Hansen as the suspect, and Mesa Police issued a warrant charging her with first-degree murder. Hansen remained at large for about two months while authorities appealed to the public for information. She was located and taken into custody by Phoenix Police on April 8, 2023, after numerous tips led detectives to her.

The Mesa Police Department said the arrest brought some measure of peace to the Emmons family. If anyone has information about Keith Emmons, his movements before February 7, 2023, or the events that night, please come forward.