A Kansas man killed his estranged wife amid an argument involving a Nintendo Switch gaming console and now faces a minimum of 38 years in prison.
Ivy Unruh, 25, a PBS engineer and Marine, was shot in Wichita on April 17. According to the Wichita Police Department, Unruh died from her injuries days later on April 20.
Joshua Orlando, Unruh’s 29-year-old husband, pleaded guilty to felony first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the case, according to a press release from Sedgwick County officials.
“My wife and I got into a fight. She hit me in the…with a…” Orlando said in a 911 call following the shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by KWCH. “I shot her…I shot her.
“I came to drop off some stuff off and she got really mad that I was there.”
In court documents obtained by the outlet, police said that Orlando asked emergency crews to help his wife.
Unruh was lying on her back on the bottom step of a staircase with blood coming out of her nose, the documents said. In her right hand, she held a plastic bag containing a Nintendo Switch.
The 25-year-old was subsequently rushed to Wesley Medical Center with a gunshot wound to her head.
Records obtained by the outlet suggest that Unruh had filed for divorce from Orlando in August 2025.
In the distribution of assets, Unruh had stated that her husband would remain in possession of his pistol while she would own the Nintendo Switch.
Orlando returned the console on April 17, 2026, with the pair arguing for a few moments before Unruh swung the bag containing the Nintendo console and “struck him on the left side of his face,” according to the documents.
In the records, Orlando said that the incident was similar to a January 2025 incident where Unruh allegedly attacked him with a replica Zelda sword after he threw a slipper at her.
When he was hit in April 2026, Orlando said he pulled out a handgun, used his left arm to cover his face before he “blind fired” a round from his handgun.
Victor Hogstrom, the president of PBS Kansas, told The New York Post that Unruh’s colleagues were deeply upset by her death.
“I heard about it, and I was first informed, and the first thing I did was slam the desk with my two hands — bang, what?” he said. “That was my reaction. I couldn’t believe it.”
In a GoFundMe campaign, one of Unruh’s friends described her as a “strong, courageous woman.”
“She served her country with honor, strength, and selflessness,” the campaign page read. “To those who knew her, she was more than a Marine—she was a daughter, a sister, and a friend who brought light into the lives of others.”
According to Sedgwick County officials, Orlando is set to be sentenced on August 28 and faces a minimum of 38 years behind bars.
