Juanita Elena Rodriguez, a 54-year-old Hispanic woman from Duncanville, Texas, was reported missing by her family on April 16, 2022. Her vehicle was found abandoned on Navy Avenue in West Dallas on April 18, 2022. On April 20, 2022 her body was found wrapped in a plastic tarp on the side of South Ledbetter Drive in Dallas; the medical examiner determined she died from a gunshot wound.

Dallas police arrested Clinton Jones, also known as Clinton Smith, a 65-year-old man and long-time friend who had been renting a room to Rodriguez, on April 22, 2022 and charged him with her murder. A second arrest followed on April 29, 2022 when 53-year-old Gloria Flores was charged with the murder. Both suspects had reportedly been helping Rodriguez’s family search while she was missing. Jones’s ex-boyfriend filed the missing persons report, surveillance footage placed Jones near Rodriguez’s vehicle the day she disappeared, and detectives recovered clothes matching that footage and a revolver at his home. Jones admitted being the person in the surveillance photos but could not explain his presence; Flores was reportedly with Jones before, during and after Rodriguez’s disappearance.

The family continues to seek justice and Rodriguez’s body was returned to her hometown of McAllen for burial. Does anyone have information on Rodriguez’s last known movements or saw her vehicle in West Dallas on April 18, 2022?