Alexis Schuler, 29, of Washington, D.C., was reported missing by her mother on January 14, 2025, after last being seen on January 10. She was a mother of three. Investigators traced the case to the Capitol Heights, Maryland, home of her 30-year-old boyfriend, Devontae Gray, who is the father of her oldest child and had called police on January 9 about a domestic issue and said he had a gun.

On January 19 investigators executed a search warrant and found Schuler’s remains hidden under a staircase in a makeshift tomb behind a newly built wall. Her body had been placed in a plastic tub and concealed with concrete, cinder blocks, dirt and straw. An autopsy confirmed she had been shot. Gray was arrested at the scene, confessed to shooting Schuler during an argument, and has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bond. Surveillance showed Schuler entering Gray’s home but not leaving, and footage captured him bringing construction materials into the house after she was last seen.

Schuler’s family has called attention to domestic violence in the wake of her death. If anyone knew Alexis, frequented that neighborhood, or has information about her last days, please come forward.