Ana Maria Nuñez was 37 and six months pregnant when she was shot dead inside her El Monte home on August 29, 2018. Family members found her with gunshot wounds; she and her unborn child were later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Investigators identified her husband, 37-year-old Octavio Curiel-Martinez, as the primary suspect the day after the killing. Curiel-Martinez fled to Jalisco, Mexico, after the shooting. The investigation documented a history of domestic violence and abuse dating back to December 2016, including injuries to Ana Maria and to Curiel-Martinez’s sister, and further incidents in December 2017 that occurred in the presence of the couple’s three children. Family members had declined to press charges earlier, attributing his behavior to methamphetamine use.

On the night of the homicide Curiel-Martinez allegedly also fired shots at his parents’ house while two children were inside. Curiel-Martinez was later extradited from Mexico to the United States on January 3, 2020, to face murder charges.

Did anyone in the community know Ana Maria or the family and have information about the events leading up to that night?