On March 12, 2023, four people were shot to death inside an apartment on Villaverde Avenue in Northwest Dallas. Among the victims was 18-year-old Juan Diego Cruz. The other victims were identified as 24-year-old Lupe Cruz, 20-year-old Jasmine Borjas Santos, and 21-year-old Fatima Guadalupe Alvarado Fuentes. An infant was present at the scene and was unharmed.

Court documents say the shooting grew out of a custody dispute between Juan Diego Cruz and his ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Azucena Sanchez. Sanchez and an accomplice, 18-year-old Artemio Maldonado, were arrested and charged with murder. Documents allege Sanchez and Maldonado broke in through a back bedroom window; Maldonado reportedly admitted to shooting all four victims. Security footage showed a vehicle matching Maldonado’s leaving the complex around 1:11 a.m., and police later located the vehicle and made arrests.

Family members alerted authorities after they could not reach the victims by phone. Sanchez had reportedly sent threatening messages to Fatima Guadalupe Alvarado Fuentes amid the custody dispute. The families remain devastated and seek justice for their loved ones. Does anyone have information about the people who lived at the Villaverde Avenue apartment or saw activity there the night of March 12, 2023?