Eddie Cardenas, 34, was found shot to death outside his travel trailer in the 4100 block of Shirley Avenue in El Monte on the morning of October 23, 2017. Officers who responded about 7 a.m. found him in a semi-fetal position just outside the trailer door, with one leg over the threshold; he had been shot in the head and back and was pronounced dead at 7:40 a.m. Investigators believe the shooting occurred several hours earlier, but no one reported hearing gunfire.

Cardenas lived alone in a small trailer behind his mother’s house and kept his personal life private, which has made motive and suspect identification difficult. Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau are handling the investigation; no arrests or significant leads have been announced. Family and neighbors have been interviewed but so far have not provided information that solved the case.

Anyone with information about what happened that morning is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers with tips.