Dwight Tobyne, a 57-year-old Caucasian man, was shot to death in his Scottsdale, Arizona home in November 2009 on the day he was supposed to move out during a separation from his wife of 35 years, Shari Tobyne. After the killing, Shari dismembered his body and scattered remains across Maricopa, Pinal and La Paz counties. She then used Dwight’s cell phone and email to send messages that led family and friends to believe he had left and perhaps started a new life in Mexico.

Dwight’s daughter reported him missing in July 2010, eight months after the homicide; by then hikers in the three counties had found human remains that were later linked to him. Shari Tobyne was arrested in August 2010, confessed to the killing while at first claiming an accidental shooting during a struggle as she tried to take her own life, and investigators found evidence they say pointed to premeditation, including a recent handgun purchase and target practice. She pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, forgery and abandoning a body and received life plus additional years in May 2013.