Ada Marjama, 28, also identified as Amanda Gayle Marjama, was fatally shot in the bathroom of her Vancouver, Washington home on the evening of June 28, 2016. The household had been experiencing escalating marital conflict after Ada discovered her husband Todd Marjama was having an affair; family members said Todd had been seen waving a handgun and had previously threatened to kill his wife and children.

On the night of the shooting, Ada’s brother Donald Bestpitch and other relatives were in the home with the couple’s three young children. Donald found Todd with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his hand, and Ada’s aunt Helen Lewis discovered Ada dead in the adjoining bathroom, shot in the forehead. Todd attempted to flee but was arrested a few blocks away and taken to a hospital for his hand injury before being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree assault relating to the couple’s two-year-old daughter.

At trial the prosecution said the shooting was intentional; the defense argued the gun discharged accidentally while Todd tried to decock it and presented testimony about his military service, PTSD, and a traumatic brain injury. A jury convicted Todd of first-degree manslaughter; in January 2019 a judge sentenced him to 16 and a half years in prison. Did anyone know Ada or the family and have information about the period leading up to June 28, 2016?