Samanta Isabel Zapon, a 19-year-old Hispanic woman from Houston, Texas, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest on January 4, 2021. Her body was discovered inside her car parked behind the AMC Studio 30 movie theater complex in west Houston after family and friends reported her missing earlier that day. The Houston Police Department classified the case as a homicide and opened an investigation.

The motive for the shooting remains unknown and investigators have asked the public for information that might help solve the case. If anyone saw Samanta that day, remembers a vehicle or person around the AMC Studio 30 area, or has other information, please contact the Houston Police Department.