In the late spring of 2004, 46-year-old Sally Kennedy, a carnival owner from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was found stabbed to death in her trailer at the Bluffs Run RV Park on the evening of May 23. Sally had been in a personal and business relationship with Michael Gunther, who managed her traveling carnival, Blue’s Amusements. Friends said their relationship had recently deteriorated and Sally had decided to end both the romantic and professional ties.

On the day she was killed, Sally, her daughter, and Gunther attended a high school graduation and later ate dinner together; witnesses said Gunther appeared agitated. Surveillance later showed Gunther’s vehicle at Sally’s trailer that evening. Investigators found his blood at the trailer and Sally’s blood on his clothing; two of Sally’s handguns were in his possession. Gunther subsequently admitted to killing Sally and another man, Michael Zawodny, whom he shot at the carnival in Bellevue, Nebraska.

Gunther was tried and convicted for both killings. Does anyone have additional information about Sally’s life, the carnival, or the events that evening that could add context to what happened?