Jessy Mendez Santiago was a 17-year-old male from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who was found dead on April 3, 2015, in a clear-cut area off the 2100 block of Memorial Industrial School Road, off Highway 8 south of Germanton. Preliminary postmortem findings at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center indicated he died from a gunshot wound. He had been reported missing to the Winston-Salem Police Department days before his body was discovered and was a former student at North Forsyth High School.

The investigation led to the arrest of 20-year-old Jareke Tayvon Jackson of Winston-Salem. Jackson was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon and was held without bond in the Forsyth County Detention Center pending a court appearance. Authorities said Santiago lived about six miles south of where his body was found and asked anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers.

What details might help clarify the timeline between Santiago being reported missing and the discovery of his body?