Eduardo Cañedo Vela was 33 when he was shot dead on April 29, 1992, in Ladera Heights, California. Vela, a manager at a Japanese restaurant in Bakersfield, had driven to Los Angeles that day to help a friend cash a tax refund. He was killed in his Ford Taurus as violence spread during the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the Rodney King case.

No arrests or suspects have been identified in connection with his murder. His wife, Rosa Bañuelos Ortiz, and their two young daughters were left to cope with the loss; Ortiz recalled that Vela had been having nightmares about being shot by a stranger. The family also struggled with media reports that often misidentified him, reducing him to another statistic amid the many victims of the unrest.

Does anyone have information about Eduardo’s movements that day or remember seeing his Ford Taurus in South Los Angeles on April 29, 1992?