Antonio Gutierrez Garcia III, a 25-year-old Hispanic man from Mission, Texas, was found dead in southeast Lubbock County on September 11, 2015. His body was discovered just before 11 a.m. about half a mile south of FM 1585 on County Road 2700. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was described as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, with short black hair and a well-groomed goatee, wearing a white T-shirt reading Brand Energy Solutions, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Earlier that morning at about 5:45 a.m., a grey 2012 four-door Nissan Altima registered to Garcia was found fully engulfed in flames in the 4300 block of East 2nd Street in East Lubbock County. Investigators believe the fire was set deliberately and connected to the homicide. Two people of interest, Johnathan Herrera, 28, and Melissa Cortez, 26, were arrested on September 13, 2015, on various charges including attempted capital murder; authorities asked for information about their activities between September 5 and September 13, 2015.

The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office continued to seek additional information to further the investigation as of December 15, 2015. Does anyone have information about Antonio, his Altima, or movements in Lubbock County during that September week?