On the night of Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 33-year-old Silvia Elenia Fernandez was shot and killed in the basement apartment she shared on Shaftesbury Street in Kensington, Maryland. Officers responding to a report of a shooting at about 9:59 p.m. found Fernandez deceased from a fatal gunshot wound.

Living with her was 48-year-old Alejandro Jose Perez de Leon. Investigators say a domestic argument that evening escalated and Perez de Leon shot and killed Fernandez. He was taken into custody at the scene and a handgun was recovered nearby. Perez de Leon was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond; prosecutors said the relationship had been deteriorating and Fernandez had expressed unhappiness, while the defense acknowledged the killing but argued it resulted from anger rather than premeditation.

If anyone knew Silvia, the couple’s living situation, or has information about that evening, please share what is known.