Rocio Lissette Vasquez, a 46-year-old Latina, was found dead on August 24, 2015, in her East Los Angeles home on the 700 block of South Brady Avenue. Firefighters discovered her body at about 6:45 a.m. while extinguishing a fire; she was on a futon in the bedroom where the blaze started. Investigators initially thought the fire was accidental and possibly caused by smoking in bed, but an autopsy later showed Vasquez had been shot before the fire was set, and her death was treated as a homicide.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide bureau took over the inquiry and focused on people who knew Vasquez. Eddie Junior Tapia, a 41-year-old Latino who frequently visited her home, was identified as a person of interest. Tapia was killed by deputies on September 10, 2015, after a hostage standoff at a Downey restaurant; during that incident he recorded a message to his children denying involvement in Vasquez’s death. The coroner placed a security hold on autopsy details and the motive for the killing remains unclear.

If anyone knew Rocio Lissette Vasquez, her circle, or saw anything on South Brady Avenue in August 2015, please share what is known.