Jose Gutierrez-Peredia, 25, was shot outside the Mariposa Apartments in the 1300 block of West Mississippi Avenue in Denver on the night of September 1, 2013. Officers found him around 10:20–10:30 p.m. on the ground with gunshot wounds; he was later pronounced dead.

Detectives quickly identified 39-year-old Victor Baltazar as a suspect and obtained a first-degree murder warrant. Investigators reported the shooting followed an argument between the two men outside the apartment building and noted a possible romantic-relationship conflict involving the victim’s girlfriend and the suspect. Police announced within days that Baltazar had fled and was believed to have left the country.

Authorities pursued the case for years abroad; Mexico granted extradition in February 2018 and U.S. Marshals returned Baltazar-Gonzalez to Denver, where he was booked on the 2013 murder charge. Did anyone in Denver have information about Jose, the night of the shooting, or the events that followed?