Melissa Owens, 35, of Vallejo, California, was killed on December 17, 2016. Officers responding late that night to a report of a suspicious circumstance at a home on Myrtlewood Court found Owens with a gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Vallejo police identified 37-year-old Ishmeal Zeno as the primary suspect. Investigators say Zeno had fled to Antioch, where he was located and arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into the Solano County Jail. Police described a connection between Zeno and Owens, though the exact nature of that connection was not disclosed.

The arrest led to murder charges and the case entered the judicial process with hearings and presentation of evidence. What details about motive or the relationship between Owens and Zeno have not been publicly specified; anyone with information about Melissa, her movements on December 17, 2016, or the Myrtlewood Court area that night is asked to come forward.