Richard Lopez was 29 when he was last seen the evening of November 16, 2014, getting into a black Hyundai Sonata outside an Exxon station near Interstate 35 and Fair Avenue in San Antonio. Witnesses placed him entering the vehicle at about 7:50 p.m. The next morning, about 6:05 a.m. on November 17, his body was found in the backyard of a residence in the 300 block of Angela Street on the city’s West Side. He had multiple gunshot wounds and a firearm was located near the body. It was not confirmed whether Lopez lived at that address.

The San Antonio Police Department opened a homicide investigation but the case remained unsolved. In August 2016 Crime Stoppers released the surveillance footage of Lopez entering the Hyundai and offered up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have been announced and the suspect remains unidentified. If anyone has information about Lopez, the investigation asks that Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP be contacted.