Linda Diane Nemelka, 57, was shot and killed in Millcreek, Utah on the night of March 11, 2020. She had just finished dinner with a friend and was getting into her car shortly after 10:00 p.m. When officers arrived they found her vehicle in the driveway with the engine running and the driver’s door open; she was found slouched over the center console with gunshot wounds to her chest and thigh and later died at a local hospital.

Investigators recovered a single 9mm casing near the car and neighbors reported a dark-colored SUV speeding away with its lights off. An informant led detectives in February 2021 to James Dekota Brunson and Anika Celeste Thorpe. Brunson was seen tossing a 9mm handgun over a fence the day after the killing; ballistic testing linked that gun to Nemelka’s murder. Brunson and Thorpe were said to have been driving a stolen SUV and implicated in firearms thefts. In July 2021 both were charged with murder, aggravated robbery, and possession of a firearm by a restricted person. Brunson later pleaded guilty to reduced charges admitting he killed Nemelka during an attempted forcible car theft; Thorpe is expected to face trial.

Does anyone have additional information about the dark SUV or sightings in the neighborhood that night?