Maria Del Carmen Cedillo-Figueroa, a 28-year-old Hispanic woman, was found dead on December 7, 2020, on the side of the roadway in the 4000 block of High Point Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officers had responded to an unknown trouble call; preliminary investigators determined foul play was likely and the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office later ruled the cause of death to be gunshot wounds, classifying the case as a homicide.

Police said Cedillo-Figueroa had been in a dating relationship with 26-year-old David Mejia Luna. On March 10, 2021, authorities arrested and charged David Mejia Luna with murder. His cousin, Andres Mejia Arellanes, 38, was also arrested and charged in connection with the homicide. The Winston-Salem Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division led the inquiry and asked anyone with information to contact the department or CrimeStoppers.

Does anyone have information about Maria Del Carmen Cedillo-Figueroa, her movements in Winston-Salem, or contacts who might help the investigation?