"Cheers to you, baby girl," Chambers said. "We love you and miss you so much."

Chambers then dumped the rest of the beer on a makeshift memorial of flowers, food and candles on the sidewalk opposite the building where Tingey, 42, was shot and killed early Sunday morning. Friends of Tingey and Rosaanna "Rosie" Maria Cruz, 25, who also was fatally shot that morning, came together on Monday night for a short vigil in which they shared stories of the two women and prayed that their souls would rest in a better place - off the streets.

Chambers, who lives in Ogden, said she drank beer with Tingey the night before she was killed. She said Tingey, who was usually outgoing and sweet, had recently been complaining about how tired she was of living on the streets. Both of the slain women, and the many who came to pay tribute to them, are prostitutes, said Tricia Miller, who works in several county jails with women who have substance abuse issues.

"Wyoming was really, really tired of living on the streets. She wanted to get out," said Zelley Johnson, a friend of Tingey. "Her biggest fear was dying on the streets."

Friends called Tingey "Wyoming," Chambers said, because she had spent most of her life in Evanston, Wyo., after she moved from Philadelphia. Four of her kids - two boys and two girls - still live in Evanston, she said.

Cruz had recently given birth to a baby girl, Miller said. Cruz, who had another child, ended up on the streets after a series of traumatic events. On one occasion, her apartment was burglarized; in another, her boyfriend was stabbed in the head and later sent back to prison because of a parole violation.

"Maybe they have a different lifestyle, but they are just like anyone else," Miller said. "They were not transients. They were someone with brothers and sisters and friends. They just got caught in the wrong place."

The Ogden man who allegedly shot and killed Tingey and Cruz told police he had been battling homicidal urges for the past year.

State court records searches show Jacob Ethridge had no prior criminal history, but Lt. Tony Fox said Ethridge acknowledged that he had been thinking about murder for a while before he followed through this past weekend in the two separate shootings near Ogden's 24th Street and Adams Avenue.

Police have been unable to locate Cruz's family but learned she may have connections in Miami, Fla., Fox said. Cruz went by many aliases, including the first name "Rose," middle names "Maria" and "Anna," and last names "Boyd," "Torrez" and "Tores," Fox said.

According to Fox, the incidents began Saturday night when Ethridge had an argument with his girlfriend.

He drove his truck to 28th Street and Monroe Avenue, where he parked and then walked to Adams Avenue, Fox said.

Johnson, who was walking home from a bar in the area, said Ethridge approached him and was very persistent about finding a prostitute. Johnson said Ethridge, who was dressed in all black with silver earrings, was stubborn about his demands.

"I could tell that he already had a plan," Johnson, who also knew Cruz, said.

Ethridge said he was propositioned for sex by a woman, who took him to a vacant third-floor apartment at 2579 Adams Ave. He then pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot the woman once in the head, Fox said. Chambers said that's where Tingey's body was found.

Ethridge walked back down to Adams Avenue and again was solicited, Fox said. The second woman took him behind 2461 Adams Ave., where he also shot her once in the head, he said. The location matches where Cruz's friends say they last saw her.

Fox said Ethridge drove to Roy and told his parents of the killings. His father then drove Ethridge to the Ogden police station, where he confessed that he had shot the two women, Fox said.

When contacted Monday night, Ethridge's father, Arlis Ethridge, declined to comment.

Ethridge is being held at the Weber County jail without bail.

"You guys need to see this as the life you might live. I don't want to see anyone else die," Miller told the dozen or so women at the vigil. "You guys need to have kids and grandkids. You are too young to die."