A domestic dispute in Buckeye, Arizona, in the spring of 2009 ended with the fatal shooting of Kathleen Martin, a 53-year-old sergeant at the State Prison Complex-Lewis. On April 15, 2009, her husband, John Berry Martin, shot her in the shoulder during a heated argument. Emergency services took her to a local hospital, but she died later that day from the wound.

Investigators arrested her 53-year-old husband; court proceedings later resulted in his conviction for killing Kathleen and a prison sentence of 14 and a half years. The family later faced an additional legal fight over the distribution of Kathleen’s survivor pension benefits, pitting her convicted husband against her daughter and adding to the family’s distress.

If anyone knew Kathleen, her work at the prison, or has information about the events in Buckeye in April 2009, please share what you know.