Marya Neufeld was 16 when she was found dead on March 6, 2021, near an orchard northeast of Arvin, California. Deputies located her body in the early morning near Towerline Road and Buena Vista Boulevard; the coroner later determined she died of a gunshot wound to the head, and the case was treated as a homicide.

Reports say Marya had been seen in East Bakersfield and Arvin in the days before her death and had attended a birthday party on March 4, 2021. She had celebrated her 16th birthday five days before her body was found and did not return home after the party. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office has asked anyone with information to come forward. Her family has offered reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Does anyone have information about Marya’s movements in East Bakersfield or Arvin around early March 2021 that could help investigators?