Jose Francisco Palacios Paz was a 33-year-old Honduran man known to friends as Franky and employed at Veteran’s Tire Shop in Edinburg, Texas. His body was found floating in Laguna Madre near South Padre Island on March 16, 2015; fishermen discovered him and he had been decapitated. Authorities identified him by fingerprints after his common-law wife reported him missing on March 12, 2015.

Investigators tied the case to the tire shop and to an alleged drug trafficking operation linked to the Mexican Gulf Cartel. Several men were arrested and charged in connection with the killing, including Fernando Luna Rodriguez, Aaron Rodriguez Medellin, Eduardo Luna Rodriguez, and Nestor Manuel Leal; charges included murder, engaging in criminal activity, and tampering with physical evidence. A U.S. Border Patrol agent, Joel Luna, and his brother Eduardo Luna were also implicated, and prosecutors alleged Palacios Paz was killed because he intended to inform law enforcement about the Luna brothers and their associates.

Did anyone who knew Franky at the tire shop or in Edinburg see anything suspicious in the days before March 12, 2015?