Nikki Huang was a 22-year-old Asian woman who worked at her family’s Chinese restaurant and owned a nail salon on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She and Jesse Parrilla, also 22 and a longtime friend, were allegedly kidnapped in the early hours of May 16, 2022, after a dispute that began when Huang’s purse was stolen the day before. Prosecutors say the pair were held for hours, then shot execution-style before their bodies were placed in a Honda Accord and the vehicle set on fire; firefighters discovered the charred car and the victims near Shore Road by Pelham Bay and Split Rock Golf Courses at about 4:15 a.m.

The investigation led to multiple arrests over the following years. By March 2024 four men — Jahmel Sanders, Rahul Cuya, Terrence White, and Richard Santiago — had been charged in connection with the killings and indicted on counts including murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery, and weapons offenses. A fifth man, Stephen Santiago, was reported wanted by police and remained at large as of October 2026.

Does anyone who knew Nikki or Jesse, or who was in the Pelham Bay area on May 15–16, 2022, have information that could help fill gaps in the timeline?