Jalajhia Finklea, an 18-year-old Native American woman from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, was found dead on November 25, 2020, in a field off Interstate 95 in Fellsmere, Florida. The medical examiner determined she died from two gunshot wounds to the head and ruled the death a homicide. Finklea had been missing since October 20, 2020, when she was last seen in New Bedford, Massachusetts, getting into a car rented by 37-year-old Luis Zaragoza, who also used the names Luis Barboza and Luis Barbosa.

Investigators say Finklea’s cell phone was last used to call Zaragoza shortly before she entered his car and was later recovered discarded on Route 140 in New Bedford. Phone records tracked Zaragoza’s movements from Massachusetts to Florida, then to Texas, and back to Florida. Surveillance footage never showed Finklea after she got into his car. Zaragoza was located by U.S. Marshals in Crestview, Florida, on November 5, 2020; when officers moved to arrest him on kidnapping charges related to Finklea’s disappearance he fired at law enforcement and was shot and killed. A note on Zaragoza’s phone admitted to killing Finklea, said he had snapped, and provided directions to where her body was found.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe expressed condolences and support for her family. What details about Jalajhia’s last known movements or contacts might help piece together her final hours?