Stephanie Curtis, 34, was found dead in Ellensburg, Washington, on January 7, 2018. Law enforcement determined she died of two gunshot wounds: one to the chest that would have been fatal within minutes and a second to the head that was the ultimate cause of death. The bullets entered at a sharp downward angle, a detail investigators noted about the shooting.

A receipt from a Dollar Tree in Wapato dated the previous evening placed Stephanie outside her hometown area and led to surveillance showing her with a man later identified as Valentine Romero Ramirez. In a jail interview played for a jury, Almaral admitted to shooting Stephanie but said he acted in self-defense; he was charged with first-degree murder and the prosecution argued the killing was premeditated.

Stephanie was a mother of three and remembered by family as fun-loving and free-spirited. Her family held a visitation and a Mass of Christian Burial. Does anyone have information about Stephanie’s movements on January 6, 2018, or about her contacts in Wapato that evening?