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Margarita Franco, 26, was found fatally shot in the head in front of 761 E. 214th Street in the Bronx after police responded to a 911 call on April 2, 2017. Emergency medical services pronounced her dead at the scene. The investigation produced few immediate answers and the case went cold for more than two years, leaving family and community without clarity.

On September 17, 2019, police announced a major development: 51-year-old Kenneth Smith was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Franco’s death. The arrest brought a suspect before the courts to answer for the killing.

Did anyone in the neighborhood have contact with Margarita or see anything on the night of April 2, 2017 that could help fill gaps in the timeline?