Jose Alfredo Benitez, a 39-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot and killed late on the night of Friday, December 4, 2009, on the 2500 block of Queens Chapel Road in Mount Rainier, Maryland. Prince George’s County police responded to reports of gunfire about 10:18 p.m. and found Benitez on his own block with a fatal gunshot wound. The neighborhood’s usual apartment-life activity was still ongoing when the shooting occurred.

Hours later, before dawn on Saturday, December 5, officers discovered another man dead a few blocks away on the same road; authorities said they could not yet determine whether the two killings were connected. Within days police described Benitez’s death as domestic-related and announced arrests in his case. Bonifacio Martinez, 42, of Adelphi; Carlos Romero, 25, of Hyattsville; and Yonis Hernandez Argueta, 17, of Chillum were each charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.

Does anyone have information about Benitez, his movements that night, or the events on Queens Chapel Road that could help clarify what happened?