Pamela Diane DeGrio, 67, was found shot to death on February 6, 2018, along the 10000 block of North Bloomfield Road in Nevada City, California. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office classified the death as a homicide after her body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators identified DeGrio’s ex-husband, Michael Kent Sturgell, then 71, as the primary suspect. The two had been married decades earlier and had a child together before divorcing in the 1970s. Prosecutors say Sturgell had a significant gambling problem and that he went to DeGrio’s home, allegedly killed her when she refused to give him money, and took firearms from the residence; at least one gun tied to the case was later recovered in Butte County. Sturgell had been in custody since April 4, 2018, on a burglary charge that led to his arrest for DeGrio’s murder.

The case went to trial and on April 25, 2019, a Nevada County jury convicted Sturgell of first-degree murder in a short deliberation. What else is known about Pamela DeGrio or her life that could help explain events that day?