Former Kyle resident Rebecca Lujan remembers vividly the last conversation she had with her longtime friend Jimmy Wright.

The talk they had in late June 2015 centered on a planned motorcycle excursion Lujan, Wright and her husband at the time were preparing for. The conversation soon shifted to an unexpected love interest Wright had brought up, and how his plans to meet her that night could affect the trip.

“Jimmy said, ‘No, no. She is cool’ and told me about her,” Lujan ...