On the evening of June 11, 2022, 60-year-old Pamela Rae Martinez was finishing her last Uber Eats delivery in Glendale, Arizona when she pulled her car over to the side of the road for reasons that remain unclear. A van pulled up alongside her and Martinez took a photograph of the man in the driver’s seat. Minutes later a witness saw a man standing outside her car before he returned to the van and drove away. Martinez’s vehicle then drifted off the road and came to rest in a landscaping area. Responding officers found her unresponsive; she had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The photograph became the key piece of evidence. Police identified the man in the image as 62-year-old Rusty French. French reportedly told investigators he had blacked out and could not remember the shooting. A subsequent search of his home recovered multiple handguns, and one firearm was a ballistic match to the weapon used in Martinez’s homicide. Authorities say Martinez and French did not know each other and believe the motive may have been a road rage incident. French was arrested on June 23, 2022, and charged with second-degree murder.

Martinez’s quick thinking in photographing the driver is credited with providing the lead that identified the suspect. If anyone saw Martinez’s car or the van that evening, or has other information, please share what is known.