Denise Cohen, 58, of Santa Barbara, California, was killed on October 1, 2017, at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. She was attending the country concert with her boyfriend, Derrick Bo Taylor, when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The shooter, Stephen Paddock, fired multiple semiautomatic rifles into the crowd beginning about 10:05 PM and died by a self-inflicted gunshot before officers reached him.

Cohen grew up in San Ramon and graduated from California High School. Family remembered her as a happy, free spirit who loved country music and traveling; she had recently seen Jason Aldean in Concord and was excited to be at the Las Vegas show. Cohen and Taylor were among the 58 victims identified in the days after the attack, and her family traveled to Las Vegas to confirm her identity and be with one another.

What details about Denise’s life or the festival that night might help others who knew her or were there come forward with memories or information?