How: Shot in the head and chest, allegedly by ex-husband David Drommond.

History: Drommond told her months earlier he intended to kill her. A protective order was in place when she was killed. Janeil had just dropped off the couple's 3-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter at her ex-husband's house. He opened fire just after they passed him into the house. He is charged with capital murder.

Children: two

Nicole L. D'Agnillo, 23

South Ogden

How: Investigators believe Mark B. D'Agnillo shot his wife and himself. A 4-month-old child was also found dead in the home, but the child's cause of death was undetermined.

Children: one

2006 victims

Joann Francis Landau Carlson, 48

Layton

How: Police say she was beaten, suffocated and then dumped in a bathtub to make it appear like an accident. Her husband, Richard Stuart Carlson, is charged with murder.

Nicole Speirs, 22

Tooele

How: Although she apparently drowned in the bathtub, the state medical examiner ruled her death an "unexplained drowning." In December, Walter Smith, 24, confessed to being responsible for the death, according to police.

History: Speirs and Smith broke off their relationship but got back together after Speirs found out she was pregnant with twins and Smith was the father, according to a police report. He is charged with first-degree murder.

Children: two

Cassandra Bryan, 46

Salt Lake City

How: Shot multiple times, allegedly by her husband, Stephen James Walker

History: According to court documents, Walker told a friend he was going to commit suicide. When the friend arrived at his house to check on him, he found Bryan dead and Walker sitting on his porch.

Antoinette "Toni" Corum, 59

Emery County

How: Allegedly strangled by her boyfriend, Lanny Hubert Wayman. She was found in a motor home in a camping area.