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Tarrah Danielle Nemetz was 19 and newly married when she was killed in Lakewood, Washington on October 16, 2014. She was found in the apartment she shared with her husband with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of her head inflicted by an AR-15 rifle.

Initial statements from her husband, 20-year-old Skylar Nemetz, described the shooting as an accident. Investigators and prosecutors presented a different account, alleging domestic violence and saying Skylar became enraged because another man had bought Tarrah alcohol while Skylar was away on a training mission. Prosecutors said that anger led Skylar to intentionally shoot her as she sat at her computer; his defense said the rifle discharged accidentally while he was cleaning it.

Skylar Nemetz was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; a jury instead convicted him of first-degree manslaughter after more than a week of deliberations. In March 2016 he was sentenced to over 13 years in prison. Tarrah is described in court materials and coverage as bubbly and beloved by friends and family.

If anyone knew Tarrah, her life in Lakewood, or saw anything relevant around October 16, 2014, please share what you know.