Veronica Mercado was 26 when she and her nearly 2-year-old daughter, Linette Cano, were found shot to death in their Houston home on November 6, 2015. Both victims had been shot multiple times; the front door had been forced open and Veronica was discovered holding Linette. Linette would have turned 2 on November 21. Veronica’s two older children were at school during the incident.

Authorities identified Veronica’s then-boyfriend, 23-year-old Jonathan Figueroa, as the primary suspect and charged him with capital murder in connection with both deaths. He was not Linette’s father. Friends reported that Figueroa had made statements that raised concerns for Veronica’s safety, which led a friend to alert police and the discovery of the bodies. Investigators believed Figueroa was headed toward the Mexican border in a maroon Ford Taurus with Texas plates CTS3225 and issued a warrant while treating the case as a high priority.

Did anyone in the Houston area have information about Veronica, Linette, or the maroon Ford Taurus that could help this investigation?