Ottilia Piros, 36, was found shot twice in the head in her kitchen at her home on West Parkway in Greece, New York, after her mother requested a welfare check on December 29, 2020. Investigators concluded she was killed on December 28 or 29. She was known to family and friends as Lea.

Attention focused on two people close to Ottilia: her 17-year-old daughter, Hannah Thomas, and Hannah’s 16-year-old boyfriend, Richard Avila, who had been visiting from Arizona. The pair were stopped in St. Robert, Missouri, on the morning of December 29 for speeding; officers found Ottilia’s car and a handgun in the vehicle. Ballistics later matched that gun to the bullets that killed Ottilia. Thomas and Avila were returned to New York and initially charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

In January 2023 both pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter and received 25 years in state prison plus five years of post-release supervision. Does anyone have information about Ottilia, her movements in late December 2020, or contacts who might help explain what happened?