Elsa Veronica Quintero-Barriga, a 50-year-old Hispanic woman from Peoria, Illinois, was killed on November 19, 2022. A 911 call that evening reported a burglary in progress and shots fired at a residence on West Montana Street. Police found Elsa unresponsive with gunshot wounds to her upper body; she was taken to OSF St. Francis Medical Center and pronounced dead. The Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood, ruled the death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the upper body and said she likely died within seconds of being shot.

Elsa was born June 24, 1972, in Michoacan, Mexico, and worked in housekeeping. She is survived by her parents Rafael Quintero Araiza, Sr. and Maria Teresa Barriga, her son Jesus Reteguin, and daughters Melisa, Juana, and Rosaura Reteguin. Funeral services were held at Iglesia Bautista El Vista in Peoria and she was buried in Jardin de la Esperanza Cemetery in Ecuanduro, Michoacan, Mexico. Police have not released suspect information and the investigation remains active; anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Roberto Vasquez or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the Peoria area see or hear anything that night or have information that could help investigators?