Roberta Lopez was 68 when she was found dead of a gunshot wound inside her Jurupa Valley home on El Palomino Drive the night of August 4, 2021. Deputies responded just after 10 p.m. to a call reported as an assault with a deadly weapon and located Lopez deceased inside the residence. The house and surrounding area were secured as a crime scene and the Central Homicide Unit took over the investigation.

A suspect, identified as James Paul Lopez Jr. of Jurupa Valley, was detained at the scene. Prosecutors charged him with murder and alleged sentence enhancements for use of a firearm and great bodily injury. At arraignment he pleaded not guilty and was held on $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Jail. A judge later found sufficient evidence to bind the case for trial.

Roberta Lopez is remembered in memorial notices as a Riverside resident with a large family who survived her. Does anyone have information about the night of August 4, 2021, or knew Roberta or her family?