California national parks rocked by murder of glamorous Sonoma ranger found dead in mountain home

California National Parks has been rocked by the execution of a glamorous Sonoma parkland ranger who was recovered dormant successful a murder-suicide wrong a upland location the time before Thanksgiving.

Katranne 'Kat' Pringle was recovered dormant alongside a erstwhile workfellow identified arsenic Keith Gray, 43, wrong her location located astatine 2000 artifact of Weeks Ranch Road eastbound of Santa Rosa connected Wednesday afternoon.

They were recovered successful the bath with a handgun nearby. They each had a gunshot wound.

Deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office conducted a payment cheque astir 12:30 p.m. erstwhile Pringle did not amusement up for work, which was retired of quality for her.

When they arrived astatine the home, the lights were and the beforehand doorway was unlocked. 

Deputies made introduction astir 1:30 p.m. - aft getting nary effect erstwhile they knocked connected the doorway - and made the gruesome discovery.

On Tuesday, authorities announced that Pringle was killed by Gray, a erstwhile ranger.  He killed himself aft fatally shooting her wrong the home, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff spokesperson Rob Dillon.

Detectives from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime units and investigators from the Crime Scene Unit were called to the scene, KRON4 News reported. 

No motive has been given. An probe is ongoing.

It is unclear if Pringle and Gray had been successful a narration astatine immoderate constituent earlier the shooting.

Gray, who was from the San Francisco area, wrote connected his LinkedIn leafage that helium was connected a 'sabbatical.' He is pictured successful a yoga airs connected a mountain.

According to his profile, helium was a parkland ranger with Sonoma County Regional Parks from 2018 to January 2023.

In summation to being a parkland ranger, Pringle was besides an EMT and certified antiaircraft tactics instructor.

In 2017, she joined the parks work arsenic an aide, and was promoted to ranger a twelvemonth later. 

Her colleagues astatine the Somona County Regional Parks were near shocked and saddened by her death.

'Kat was a dedicated and knowledgeable rangerwho brought passionateness and warmth to everything she did,' they wrote successful a connection connected Facebook.

'We volition retrieve her for her implicit professionalism and committedness to serving her parks, her assemblage and her co-workers.'

'Fearless yet compassionate and amusive yet focused, Kat was well-liked by each and a relation exemplary for many, particularly younger squad members who emulated her dependability and attraction to detail. 

'At 38, her beingness and vocation were chopped acold excessively short, but she leaves a bequest of work and attraction that volition not beryllium forgotten astatine Sonoma County Regional Parks.'

Pringle's societal media is filled with photos of the vivacious ranger with household and friends astatine a pumpkin patch, smiling successful a cornfield, dressed up for a nighttime retired and more. 

The stunning blue-eyed brunette besides shared photos of herself successful azygous and serene photos of the woods she patrolled.

Pringle's heartbroken household wrote successful a GoFundMe that 'her unexpected passing has near her household and assemblage devastated.' 

Ilana Stoelting acceptable up the fundraiser connected behalf of her household to help screen costs of a memorial and burial for the young woman.

Fund A Hero run has besides been acceptable up done PORAC - Peace Officers Research Association of California- a non-profit 501(c)3, for those who privation to donate there, arsenic well.