Tanya Tandoc, 45, was found dead in her Wichita home after she failed to appear for a belly dancing performance and didn’t show up for work at her restaurant on June 4, 2015. Concerned friends asked police to perform a welfare check at her South Minneapolis residence; officers initially spoke with 47-year-old Curtis C. Mitchell, who had been living in her basement. Mitchell then called 911 and told the dispatcher he had killed his girlfriend and that her body was inside the house.

Officers discovered Tandoc’s body in the basement; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined she died from blunt force trauma and strangulation. Mitchell gave detectives a detailed confession, saying an argument about his needing to move out led him to attack Tandoc on June 3: he punched her, strangled her, and slammed her head against the floor, then bound her hands and ankles and dragged her body to the basement. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, later pleading guilty and receiving life in prison with parole eligibility delayed 50 years.

Does anyone who knew Tanya or the River Festival remember her performances or have additional information about her last days?