Katherine Cervantez, 39, was shot in Phoenix on the evening of December 17, 2025. Police found her in the back seat of a car near 12th Street and Mountain View Road around 7:10 p.m.; she was taken to a hospital with life‑threatening injuries and did not survive.

Investigators focused on her 21‑year‑old boyfriend, Victor Giron. Court documents say the couple had been dating about two weeks and fought frequently. Cervantez had told a friend that Giron had assaulted her, and the friend had seen Giron with a gun. The couple were asked to leave the friend’s home after a fight earlier that day; Giron later returned asking for help and saying he might have shot Cervantez. Security camera footage shows the couple together about an hour before the shooting.

Giron was arrested roughly two hours from the scene, south near Ajo, Arizona, and is charged with second‑degree murder and aggravated assault; bond was set at $1 million cash. Did anyone see Katherine or the couple around Mountain View Road on December 17 who hasn’t spoken with investigators?