On the evening of June 18, 2016, a residence on East Main Street in Duncan, South Carolina, became the scene of a deadly domestic attack. Roommates Edilberto Flores-Palacio and Edgar Ruben Cojon-Lopez were in the kitchen when Francisco Maldonado-Molina, described as the 46-year-old ex-husband of a woman who was in a relationship with another roommate, entered the house after a heated phone call with his ex-wife. Maldonado-Molina warned that if she did not come home everybody in the house dies, then produced a handgun and shot Cojon-Lopez in the head and Flores-Palacio in the head.

Cojon-Lopez was left gravely injured; Flores-Palacio was found deceased at the scene. The ex-wife confronted Maldonado-Molina, who also shoved her and then fled in a Toyota Tundra; she called 911. Maldonado-Molina’s vehicle was later found in Dallas in April 2017, and he was taken into custody in July 2020 after a brief standoff in Peoria, Illinois, while carrying a handgun and a large sum of cash.

Does anyone have information about Edilberto Flores-Palacio’s life in Duncan or that night that could help fill gaps in the timeline?