Overview

• Officials say both victims suffered fatal gunshot wounds and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is treating their deaths as suspicious.
• The county medical examiner ruled the May 26 incidents as homicides after the bodies were discovered May 27 in a remote section of the forest.
• Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17, were friends from Arcadia High School in Phoenix who had traveled to the forest at the start of their summer vacation.
• Friends and family have built a makeshift memorial at the duo’s favorite sunset-watching spot and launched GoFundMe pages to fund private celebrations of life.
• Hikers and local residents have voiced fears for their safety in Tonto National Forest since the killings.