On March 16, 2024, 22-year-old Navy Seabee Second Class Petty Officer Ethan Blain Gough and his 21-year-old pregnant wife, Eva Linda Berrueto-Gough, were found dead inside their Port Hueneme home after police responded to reports of gunfire. The Ventura County Medical Examiner ruled both deaths homicides: Eva from multiple gunshot wounds, her unborn child also died of maternal and fetal gunshot wounds, and Ethan from gunshot wounds to the head and neck.

Ethan was from Parsons, Kansas, a 2019 Chanute High School graduate who completed Welding I and II at Neosho County Community College and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 2020. Eva, born in Houston, Texas, enlisted in October 2021 and was assigned to the 1st Naval Construction Regiment in Port Hueneme. The Port Hueneme Police Department says there are no outstanding persons of interest and the investigation is active. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant Jesus Chavez at 805-986-6615 or [email protected].

Did anyone in the community know the couple or have information that could help the ongoing investigation?