Tonja Marie Nash, a 40-year-old woman, was murdered outside her Orem, Utah home on October 16, 2006. According to reports, an argument between Nash and her boyfriend, 50-year-old Keith Lamont Morton, escalated in front of the house while Nash’s two sons, ages 8 and 11, watched. As the older son tried to call for help, Nash and the younger boy attempted to flee. Morton followed Nash outside and shot her once in the back with a shotgun, then fired a second shot at her head. Neighbors intervened to move the frightened children away; paramedics found Nash breathing but she later died at a hospital.

Police surrounded the home and arrested Morton within about twenty minutes; he reportedly called his mother and admitted to shooting Nash. The couple had a history of violence, including a prior strangulation attempt by Morton. Morton later pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life. Nash had moved from Arizona about a year earlier to be with Morton, and after her death her two young sons and a 15-year-old daughter were placed in their father’s care in Arizona.

Does anyone have memories of Tonja from Arizona or Orem, or information about the family before October 16, 2006?