On the night of July 11, 2022, 25-year-old Javier Jumby Mora Jr. was ambushed and fatally shot in the yard of his family home on Homestead Avenue near West Alisal Street and Hartnell College in Salinas, California. He was struck in the head and back and was pronounced dead at the scene after officers arrived around 11 p.m. The attacker had entered the property, fired multiple shots, and also broke into Javier’s bedroom, rifling through his belongings.

Javier was a senior at Cal State Monterey Bay studying agricultural plant and soil sciences. Family and friends described him as quiet, kind, devoted to his parents and sisters, an early-morning runner who walked the family dogs, and someone preparing for a career in agriculture. In the months before the killing, a man known to Javier had become obsessed and jealous, believing Javier was involved with his estranged wife; prosecutors later characterized the shooting as intentional and driven by that resentment. The suspect was taken into custody at the house and charged with murder and a related robbery count for the bedroom intrusion.

Does anyone in the Salinas area remember seeing Javier or any suspicious activity around Homestead Avenue the night of July 11, 2022?