Stacey Xanthe Aguilar, 22, of San Jose, was found dead in a rural Fremont area on February 20, 2016. The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau’s autopsy confirmed fatal gunshot wounds; investigators say she had been shot several times in Hayward and her body was later dumped off Morrison Canyon Road.

Aguilar was last seen leaving a house party on Silva Avenue in Hayward on February 13, 2016. Court documents state that she, her boyfriend Esmid Valentine Pedraza, and a friend, Donato Dejesus Perez, left the party; around 1 a.m. Perez heard several gunshots, then found Pedraza holding a gun and Aguilar dead in Pedraza’s car. Pedraza allegedly enlisted Perez to help roll Aguilar’s body down a hill on Morrison Canyon Road.

Pedraza was charged with murder and arraigned without bail; Perez was charged as an accessory to murder, with bail set at $500,000.