Emma Liza Melchor, 27, was found dead on April 11, 2019, inside an abandoned commercial building on East Alondra Boulevard in Compton, California. Deputies say her body had been there several days and the coroner later identified her and determined the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.

Melchor had been paroled in February 2019 and was living with family in Moreno Valley, but left after a disagreement with her mother and began staying with friends in Compton. Investigators reported she had been couch surfing and it is unclear whether she had been living in the vacant building or was just visiting the night she was killed; the structure showed signs of habitation but no one was there when deputies arrived.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department opened a homicide investigation and urged anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers. Does anyone have information about Melchor’s movements or the people she stayed with in Compton in early April 2019?