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Barbara Anita Leslie, 70, was found shot to death in her Sun City Grand home in Surprise, Arizona, in February 2016 while hosting a friend, 75-year-old Ruth Schwed, who was visiting from New Mexico. Both women were discovered by police after Schwed’s family asked for a welfare check; officers found no signs of forced entry. Investigators concluded two men entered through an open garage door and that both victims were shot during what unfolded as a robbery in which valuables, credit cards, and a vehicle were taken.

Evidence at the scene included a cell phone that did not belong to the victims and later financial records showing about $23,000 charged to one victim’s debit card. Within weeks authorities arrested Andrew Thomas Lauro, 24, in Goodyear and Montez Lavell Wright III, 23, in Michigan. A third person, identified as Wright’s wife Tichina Shephard, was arrested in 2017 after using the stolen credit cards. All three were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Did anyone in Sun City Grand know Barbara or Ruth, or notice unfamiliar vehicles or people near their home in early February 2016?