In a remote aspen forest in the Monte Cristo area, her family had set up a paper target against a cardboard box and planned to do a little target shooting. They had waited about an hour, hearing nothing, so they thought they were alone.
But Richins didn’t know that just through the dense forest was another Weber County family enjoying the fall day. The Kempkes were driving a jeep along a dirt road to take family photos among the bright yellow fall foliage.
Richin aimed her rifle and squeezed the trigger. The bullet whizzed through the trees, broke through the jeep’s window and struck 14-year-old Zack Kempke in the head.