Vanessa Sarai Santos Garcia was 14 when she died in Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 27, 2021. Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on the 2600 block of Olando Street and found Vanessa inside the home with a gunshot wound. Medic pronounced her dead at the scene after officers attempted lifesaving efforts.

The CMPD Homicide Unit opened a thorough investigation. Detectives identified 18-year-old Junio Alexis Ramos Estrada as a suspect; after an interview he was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, statutory rape of a person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old by a defendant more than four but less than six years older than the victim, and possession of a stolen firearm. Ramos was transferred to the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and the investigation remained active.

Does anyone in the Charlotte area have information about Vanessa or what happened on Olando Street that afternoon?