A man went to police in the early morning hours in Phoenix’s Maryvale area and said his girlfriend, 32-year-old Jessica Guzman, was dead in the back of his pickup truck. Officers found her body wrapped in a comforter in the truck bed with a gunshot wound; the Phoenix Fire Department pronounced her deceased. Investigators say the man, identified as 36-year-old Josue Barreras Anaya, was taken into custody.

Anaya told police the episode began at a home near 71st Avenue and Thomas Road when a semiautomatic pistol he kept under his pillow fell, startling Jessica. He said an argument and a struggle over the weapon followed and the gun discharged twice, with one shot killing her. Investigators recovered a blood-stained pillow with a projectile inside and a handgun from a bedroom.

Jessica’s family said they had been worried about her safety and that she had told them Anaya was abusive and had isolated her. A family fundraising page describes her as a loving daughter, sister, and mother who leaves behind a young son. Has anyone in Phoenix’s Maryvale area seen or heard anything that could help explain what happened that night?