Bounpanh “Bunni” Xayavongchanh was 32 when she was fatally shot on August 14, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. A registered nurse at the Iowa Heart Center and mother of three young children — Devin, Dillon, and Suria — she was killed during a domestic dispute with her common-law husband, Nath Inthaboun.

After killing Bounpanh, Inthaboun shot and killed a 60-year-old passing motorist, Amalia Julia Mollie Steele Vasquez, who had told him to stop as he was walking away from the scene. Inthaboun then went to his north-side home with the three children, leading to a roughly two-hour standoff with police that ended when officers used stun grenades to enter and take him into custody. The children were unharmed and placed with their grandparents.

Inthaboun confessed and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Bounpanh Xayavongchanh and Amalia Vasquez, plus two counts of attempted murder for firing at responding officers. Does anyone have information about Bounpanh’s life, her children, or the neighborhood on that morning?