Crystal Rohre, 28, was shot dead inside the South Lake Union apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Joseph Gongora, on September 24, 2020. Crystal had moved to Seattle from Texas and worked as a behavioral analyst; family remembered her as caring, adventurous and empathetic, and her father said she had made him a better person.

In the lead-up to the killing, Gongora’s mental health reportedly deteriorated, with paranoid delusions about being tormented and electronically tapped. During one episode he took a handgun kept in the home and shot Crystal twice. Gongora then walked into the King County Jail and told an officer he wanted to turn himself in; officers went to the apartment and found Crystal’s body. Investigators recovered a handgun, ammunition and two spent shell casings, and prosecutors said evidence suggested there had been no verbal argument or physical struggle before the shooting.

Crystal’s death was counted among 30 domestic violence homicides in King County during 2020. If anyone knew Crystal or has information about the household in South Lake Union, please come forward.