On the night of July 22, 2019, a family movie outing in Mableton, Georgia ended in homicide. Twenty-four-year-old George Anthony Vela returned home with his girlfriend, Yainerys Yaya Gil, and their children to find their Hickory Trail house had been burglarized. After police took a report and left, Vela spotted a suspicious car and approached it, believing stolen items might be inside. He found his shoes, clothes, and other sold items in the vehicle, confronted the driver, and was shot multiple times, dying at the scene.

Within weeks investigators arrested Gil, then 23, and two 19-year-olds, Christopher Gutierrez and Zackary Franks, charging all three with aggravated assault and felony murder. Warrants and later indictment alleged Gil conspired with Gutierrez and Franks, kept them updated about Vela’s movements, and that a possible love triangle and Vela’s suspicions of infidelity were part of the motive. Franks was identified as the shooter in charging documents.

If anyone has information about Vela’s last evening or the people involved, please share what is known with the Cobb County Police Department.