Jerry McFalls, 62, and his wife Susan, 62, were last heard from January 11, 2018, while living between Littlefield, Arizona, and West Jordan, Utah. Concern grew when they failed to return to Utah and a wellness check at their Littlefield home found the house unlocked with phones, wallets, medications and their pets left behind; both vehicles remained at the property.

On October 15, 2018, two sets of human remains were found in a shallow grave in desert near the Virgin River Gorge. One set was identified as Susan McFalls on October 18, 2018; DNA later confirmed the second set as Jerry McFalls on January 30, 2020. The identifications changed the missing-person investigation into a homicide probe.

A witness later named neighbor 57-year-old Kenneth Gene Snyder, saying Jerry McFalls went to Snyder’s residence, a verbal argument escalated and Snyder shot both Jerry and Susan, then removed and buried their bodies in the desert. No arrest was made; Snyder was shot and killed during a domestic violence incident at his property on June 1, 2023, and the sheriff’s office did not make an arrest in the McFalls killings.

Did anyone in the area know the McFalls family or have information about tensions with their neighbor that could help fill remaining gaps?