21-Year-Old Utah Woman Arrested on Murder Charge After Shooting Friend Dead amid Suicide Pact

Becca Longmire
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Heavenly Faith Garfield and the victim, also 21, had reportedly been discussing the suicide pact for several weeks prior to the shooting on April 30

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A 21-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her friend was shot dead amid a suicide pact between the pair.

Utah County Sheriff jail records seen by PEOPLE show Heavenly Faith Garfield was arrested on April 30 and is facing charges of murder and felony discharge of a firearm. Documents state she was booked on May 1 and has been jailed without bail.

Per local media outlet KUTV, the Associated Press, and CBS News, an affidavit of probable cause stated Garfield's father had called 911 just before 3:30 p.m. local time on April 30 to report the shooting. The documents claimed his daughter shot the 21-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, at 10:45 a.m.

The friends had reportedly been discussing the suicide pact for several weeks, family members said, per the affidavit, according to AP.

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The document claimed a friend of the victim showed police text messages in which she stated she wanted to die, but was too scared to kill herself. The friend also confirmed Garfield's suicide pact with the victim to police, per AP.

The friend told officers that Garfield and the victim had planned for one of them to kill the other, and then themselves, per KUTV.

The outlet also reported that the documents stated detectives discovered a 9mm bullet near the victim's body in a Saratoga Springs home, where she was found deceased.

Saratoga Springs Police and the Utah County Sheriff's Office didn't immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.

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