April Vancleave, 33, of Arlington, Texas, was shot and killed on December 15, 2016. She had been trying to raise money to buy Christmas presents for her 6-year-old daughter by selling jewelry listed online. Vancleave and her husband arranged to meet potential buyers at a Target store; surveillance video shows two men leaving that store and getting into a maroon pickup truck. After the meeting the buyers never showed, and Vancleave’s husband dropped her at home before going to work.

Police believe two men followed the couple home, waited for the husband to leave, then attacked Vancleave while she was alone, stole her purse, and shot her once. Arlington police released the Target surveillance video to the public and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment. The family urged anyone with information to come forward, describing April as a loving mother who wanted to make Christmas special for her daughter.

In June 2017 authorities arrested Mario Hernan Lopez Gamez and Alex Menor Diaz and charged them with capital murder after tracing a cell phone number linked to the buyer’s account and identifying the two men on the Target video. Anyone with information about April or the events surrounding December 15, 2016, is asked to come forward.