John Norton, 59, was found dead inside his Tonopah, Arizona home on Monday, October 23, 2017, with an apparent gunshot wound. The initial 911 call came from his 15-year-old adopted daughter, who told dispatchers a former boyfriend had forced his way in and shot her father and said she and her younger sister fled the house.

Investigators quickly found inconsistencies in the teenager’s account. Interviews and scene processing shifted the focus onto the 15-year-old and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Daniel Robert Stroh. Under questioning, both confessed that the killing had been planned for several days because Norton disapproved of the relationship. The daughter admitted hiding her father’s gun for Stroh; Stroh concealed himself in the home and shot Norton in the kitchen.

Daniel Stroh was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; the 15-year-old was taken into custody on a conspiracy charge and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced as an adult to 12 years in prison. Does anyone have information about Norton’s life in Tonopah or knew the family that could shed light on this case?