On the night of Monday, May 27, 2019, 23-year-old Roseanna Otto was found in her Winterset, Iowa home with multiple gunshot wounds. She was a certified nursing assistant planning to attend nursing school and was the mother of three young daughters, Alaina, Karli, and Skylar. Friends and family described her as caring and outgoing.

Her ex-boyfriend, Jerome Moyer, entered the residence and shot her while the children were present; he then fled. Moyer was identified as the primary suspect and was arrested the next day after a traffic stop in Dubuque County. He had a documented history of domestic abuse against Otto and prior convictions for violent behavior toward other former partners.

The community organized fundraisers to support Otto’s daughters and the family said they wished she had sought help for the escalating threats. Does anyone in the Winterset area have information about Roseanna’s last days or knew her family?