Blanca Gutierrez Calzoncit, 35, was shot multiple times on the morning of January 31, 2017, in the parking lot of her Phoenix apartment complex while placing her two young children into a car. Neighbors reported hearing a quarrel and loud bangs around 5:30 a.m.; the children were physically unharmed though a bullet struck the car door near where the youngest was buckled.

The investigation centered on her ex-husband, 40-year-old Josiah English III, amid a bitter divorce and custody dispute. Court records show prior domestic violence allegations and that Gutierrez Calzoncit had used a domestic violence shelter and kept recordings of interactions with him. A court of appeals ruling the same day had gone against English, and he had appeared angry at a hearing the day before about travel with the children to Mexico.

Witnesses reported seeing a Ford Expedition leave the scene; investigators found English had rented that model the day before and returned it four hours after the killing. Based on that and other evidence, he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault; bond was set at $1 million.

If anyone knew Blanca or saw a Ford Expedition in the complex that morning, please share what you know.