Nathaniel Torres was 15 when he was shot and killed outside a house party in Windsor, California, on June 22, 2014. The birthday celebration was attended by several people, including gang members; three other attendees, aged 17, 21, and 24, were wounded in the same shooting. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office identified the attack as gang-related and opened an investigation.

In October 2014 three teenagers from Santa Rosa — Flavio Ramos Caballero, Oscar Gustavo Aguilar, and Duane Darcell Morgan — were arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States on charges tied to Nathaniel’s murder and the injuries to the other victims. A fourth person, Sergio Quiroz, was arrested shortly after the shooting as an accessory to murder. Caballero and Aguilar were later prosecuted as adults; Caballero received a 21-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter and Aguilar received an eight-year sentence for assault causing great bodily injury with a gang enhancement. Charges against Morgan were dismissed after a preliminary hearing. Nathaniel’s mother, Jenifer Medeiros, publicly criticized the plea outcome and said the family had been failed by the justice system.

Witness statements and evidentiary problems complicated the prosecution. Does anyone have information about that night or knew Nathaniel and can help fill gaps in the timeline?