Eighteen-year-old Jorge Cruz-Arteaga was found shot to death inside his black Ford Mustang on November 29, 2022, in a secluded, park-like wooded area of the Woodland West Subdivision in the Cy-Fair neighborhood of Houston. His family had tracked his cellphone to that location after he left home earlier that evening to meet unknown persons. Authorities say he suffered a gunshot wound to the head and consider the death a homicide.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit is handling the investigation; as of the latest report there are no identified suspects or suspect vehicles. Family and community members have held memorial events and urged the public for answers, with his sister Gyssel Cruz-Arteaga speaking about the family’s grief.

Anyone who was in the Woodland West area on the evening of November 29, 2022, or who has information about Jorge’s movements or the people he planned to meet is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.