In the early morning hours of November 17, 2016, a shooting in a Mason City, Iowa, home at 1620 North Hampshire Avenue left two people dead. Fifty-four-year-old Melida Mindy Kavars died of a single gunshot wound to the neck and chest. Thirty-seven-year-old Caleb Christensen died of multiple sharp-force injuries. Police were called about 2:15 a.m. and discovered the victims inside the residence.

A suspect was taken into custody within minutes about a half-mile from the scene after a brief foot chase. Thirty-year-old Peter Veal of Lake Mills was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on two counts of first-degree murder and an attempted murder charge related to a witness; bond was set at $1 million. The trial was moved to Fort Dodge in Webster County and a competency evaluation found Veal fit to stand trial.

Veal’s trial concluded in July 2017 with a jury verdict and sentencing. Does anyone have information about Kavars, her life in Mason City, or the neighborhood around North Hampshire Avenue?