Marianna Reyes, 22, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was found dead in the street near her home on Waco Drive early the morning of December 27, 2011. The circumstances were described as suspicious and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation.

Investigators identified 23-year-old Alexander Zelaya, described as Reyes’s boyfriend, as a suspect. Zelaya turned himself in at a police station in West Haven, Connecticut after telling Walmart employees he needed directions; he confessed to kidnapping and murdering Marianna Reyes. He was arrested there and charged with first-degree murder; additional charges, including kidnapping, were pending, and extradition to North Carolina was arranged. A 22-month-old child, Juliana Reyes, was located at a Food Lion in Newport News, Virginia, and placed with her grandparents in Cumberland County.

What detail about this case stands out to readers who remember Fayetteville in 2011, or who might have information about the events leading up to that morning?