A custody dispute in Camden, New Jersey, turned deadly on the evening of October 12, 2025. Thirty-two-year-old Joshua Cruz was found with gunshot wounds in the 2500 block of Baird Boulevard after police responded about 8:53 p.m. He was taken to Cooper University Hospital and pronounced dead at 9:34 p.m.

Court documents describe Cruz arriving and exiting a vehicle on Baird Boulevard when 40-year-old Neftalie Sanabria came out of a nearby residence. An altercation followed; a witness tried to guide Cruz back to the vehicle and, according to those documents, Sanabria then fired a weapon, striking Cruz in the torso. Sanabria reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle but was taken into custody on October 14, 2025, and charged with first-degree murder and multiple weapons offenses.

Does anyone have information about Cruz, his movements that evening, or the custody dispute that led to the confrontation?