On the night of July 13, 2026, in Corpus Christi, Texas, 47-year-old Markus Benavidez was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside his Greenwich Drive home. He had worked 23 years at the Corpus Christi Army Depot and is described as a devoted husband and father who enjoyed fishing and cooking with his family.

Police say the sole suspect is his 20-year-old son, Markus Xavier Benavidez. Officers located the younger Benavidez outside the residence and took him into custody without incident. According to reports, the son had been recently released from a hospital and his mother had called a crisis hotline about his deteriorating mental state roughly an hour before the shooting; she later placed a 911 call saying her son had shot her husband. After his arrest the suspect invoked his right to an attorney; reports say he also told officers he did it. He has been charged with murder and is held on $1 million bond. The investigation is ongoing.

Are there readers who knew the family or who can share information about what happened that night?