Eneas Bustos-Rojas was an 18-year-old from Winston-Salem found dead on July 17, 2019, in woods behind an apartment building on Timlic Avenue. Family members said he was last seen the previous Sunday after celebrating his 18th birthday. A man reportedly approached the family Tuesday evening and told them their son was dead, directing them to look in the woods behind Skyline; family members were told he had been shot five times in the head and three times in the chest. Police confirmed they heard a similar account from the family but could not verify that information.

Officers located his body a few hundred feet into the woods, a few hundred yards from his mother’s house, after searching thick brush and fallen trees along a small path. The autopsy confirmed death by shooting and investigators are treating the case as a homicide. Detectives searched the scene with a dog and spent Wednesday collecting evidence, but investigators do not yet have a description of a suspect or the circumstances leading to the killing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Winston-Salem Police Department or CrimeStoppers. Does anyone from the Skyline Village Apartment area remember anything unusual around mid‑July 2019 that could help this investigation?