Sylvia Adriana Medrano Gonzalez, a 51-year-old Hispanic woman, was found dead inside her residence on the 9000 block of Cornell Drive in Laredo, Texas, on August 10, 2021. Responding officers discovered her with gunshot wounds; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene and the Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed she had been fatally shot. Five shell casings were recovered inside the home and a sixth casing was found just outside the front door.

Surveillance footage showed two men fleeing the scene in a blue Nissan Sentra. That vehicle was later located abandoned with two handguns visible inside. Authorities identified Jose Angel Chavez-Ramirez, 37, and Jael Elian Madrigal Mendez, 21, in connection with the killing. Chavez-Ramirez was arrested on an illegal reentry charge and described as the getaway driver; he faced a murder charge in state court and an informal pre-trial was set for October 18, 2021. Investigators continued seeking two other suspects, one identified and a second described only as a Hispanic male with a beard.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Laredo Police Department or Laredo Crime Stoppers; tips may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000 and callers can remain anonymous. Did anyone in the Cornell Drive area see the blue Nissan Sentra or know the identity of the bearded suspect?