We Remember Samantha Rose Columbus Boshey

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Samantha "Sosa" Rose Columbus Boshey, 29, was shot and killed by her husband, Ryan Rooney, 32, in their Eden Prairie hotel room on November 2. Samantha and Rooney, who got married in August, had an extended stay at the hotel, but were supposed to check out on October 31.

Police performed a welfare check two days later and found Samantha's body, Rooney with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the couple's two young children in the room. Officers were called to the hotel a few weeks prior on reports of a man waving a gun around in the parking lot. Though the caller was anonymous, the phone number was traced back to Samantha. Rooney has three domestic assault convictions, at least three dismissals, and one conviction for felony violation of a Domestic

Abuse No Contact Order (DANCO). He is charged with second-degree murder and child endangerment.  Samantha Rose Columbus Boshey leaves behind three young children.

Samantha's family have set up a GoFundMe for her children. The account features memories of Samantha and pictures with her and her children.

 https://www.gofundme.com/f/vuxds-help-put-samantha-sosa-boshey-to-rest?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0zoRLs1hjI7_urGQz19QLy2x3GLA1HMA8RELB7SbR9GzXs9QF2wp2dADg

Samantha is memorialized on the “We Remember” page of Violence Free Minnesota's website. This section of their website also highlights every victim of intimate partner homicide in the recent year, along with an archive of victims going back to 2008.  

Learn more here: https://www.vfmn.org/we-remember #WeRememberMN”