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Richard Jensen, 36, was fatally ambushed on December 11, 2016, outside a south Tucson home after returning from a work trip to Alaska. He was shot multiple times as he arrived; the killing was later shown to have been planned in advance.

Investigators determined Jensen’s girlfriend, Jessica Dolores Rodriguez-Cordova, coordinated the ambush by picking him up at the airport and texting her brother, Joel Cordova Rodriguez, and her coworker and lover, Aaron Heath, about their location. Joel Cordova Rodriguez emerged from a car and shot Jensen seven times before fleeing. All three were arrested. In 2018 Jessica Dolores Rodriguez-Cordova and Aaron Heath pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Joel Cordova Rodriguez went to trial, was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and received two natural life sentences. An appeal challenging exclusion of testimony about alleged abusive behavior toward Jessica was denied by the Arizona Court of Appeals in May 2021.

Does anyone have further information about Jensen’s life in Tucson or about witnesses who were at the scene?