Kezia Lynette Clinkscales was 27 and working as a chef when she was found dead in her Yuma, Arizona, apartment on February 6, 2009, the result of a gunshot wound. Investigators focused on her boyfriend, 22-year-old U.S. Marine private Joseph Andrew Mandel, who was stationed as a vehicle mechanic at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and frequently stayed with Clinkscales.

Local authorities arrested and charged Mandel in connection with the shooting; the case was handled by civilian prosecutors because the incident occurred off military grounds. Mandel, a resident of Sugarland, Texas, was released on bond of more than $20,000 in May 2009. A plea offer to resolve the case as a single count of negligent homicide was put on the table but Mandel declined during a change of plea hearing in Yuma County Superior Court, and a trial was set for February 16, 2010.

Did anyone know Kezia or have information about her life in Yuma or contacts related to this case?