Janet Jimenez, a 17-year-old from Santa Ana, California, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a car at a gas station at 1913 W. Edinger late on May 16, 2014, at about 11:55 p.m. Santa Ana Police Department homicide detectives treated the death as suspicious and launched a thorough investigation.

Initial findings confirmed Janet died from a shooting but did not establish a motive or the events leading up to the incident. Investigators identified persons of interest and made arrests connected to gang-related violence in the area. One arrest named in connection with broader gang activity was 24-year-old Jannett Cureno of Santa Ana; Cureno was located, arrested without incident and booked into the Anaheim Detention Facility on $1 million bail in an unrelated gang-related shooting that resulted in another person’s death.

The Santa Ana investigation remained active and detectives asked the public for information. If anyone knew Janet, was at the gas station that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.