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Sonya Quintanilla-Trejo, 37 and Hispanic, was one of two women killed in a double homicide at an apartment complex on Buffalo Street in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 7, 2019. Officers had responded to a disturbance call involving a weapon; the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Larry Moore, opened fire on the police car when they arrived, triggering a shootout. Officers apprehended Moore and later found the bodies of Sonya Quintanilla-Trejo and 32-year-old Priscilla Davila inside one of the apartment units.

Moore was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted capital murder and was held on a $3 million bond. Family members said Sonya had been a victim of domestic abuse, a detail that brought attention to possible domestic violence dynamics in the case. Moore later entered guilty pleas and received life and additional long prison terms.

Did anyone in Corpus Christi know Sonya, her routine, or circumstances at the Buffalo Street complex that night?