Ghulam Rabani Ayobi, 53, was shot to death on December 18, 2011, while driving home with his wife, Shajia Ayobi, from a dinner party in Sacramento’s Natomas area. His wife initially told police the couple had been victims of a carjacking and that Ayobi was fatally shot, but investigators found no evidence to support a carjacking.

Prosecutors later concluded Shajia Ayobi arranged the killing. They said she paid a classmate $500 to carry out the murder and had motives that included freeing herself from her husband’s control and securing $285,000 in insurance payments. During the investigation, Jake Clark, a fellow student at Kaplan College, was arrested after DNA linked him to a bag containing the murder weapon and the victim’s identification; Clark denied involvement.

Shajia Ayobi was convicted of first-degree murder in May 2013 and was sentenced to 26 years to life. The children were left to cope with their father’s death and their mother’s incarceration. Does anyone have information about the Natomas area the night of December 18, 2011, or knew the family?