On the afternoon of Saturday, June 17, 2017, 27-year-old Angel Luis Mendez Crespo and 30-year-old Edgardo Castro Estremera were found fatally shot together in a room at the Motel 6 on Whitehead Court in the Woodlawn area of Baltimore County, Maryland. An autopsy determined both men died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators reviewed Mendez Crespo’s cell phone and traced text message conversations to two individuals, Derrick Simmons and Terica Evans. Surveillance footage near the motel placed a vehicle connected to those individuals in the area around the time of the killings, and police obtained arrest warrants charging Simmons and Evans with first-degree murder.

Both defendants were later tried and found guilty by a jury on two counts of first-degree murder and related weapons and robbery charges, receiving consecutive life sentences. If anyone knew Angel Luis Mendez Crespo or saw activity around the Motel 6 that afternoon, please share what you know.