Hayley Farr, 19, of Spring, Texas, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in a room at the America’s Best Value Inn & Suites in Shenandoah on November 25, 2016. A man at the scene, Ryan Ray Moore, initially reported the death as a possible suicide, but the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office determined the wound was not self-inflicted and charged Moore with first-degree felony murder.

Moore, 23 at the time, later pleaded guilty and received a 40-year sentence for murder, plus a five-year sentence for tampering with physical evidence and a concurrent 10-year sentence tied to a prior unrelated home burglary. Brandan Douglas Rains, 22 at the time, was charged with tampering with physical evidence; those charges were dropped in exchange for his testimony against Moore, and Rains was placed on probation for a previous felony escape conviction.

Farr had hoped to become an adolescent counselor. Her mother, Ashley Minga, criticized the sentences as too lenient and sued the motel, alleging it ignored signs of sex trafficking and seeking damages related to her daughter’s death.

If anyone knew Hayley, saw her on November 25, 2016, or has information about the events at the motel, please come forward.