Maria Rosaria Montes Dorantes, 23, and her 16-year-old brother Juan Angel Montes were found dead on the grassy shoulder of Interstate 85 near the split with I-985 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on the evening of Sunday, August 27, 2023. A passerby who had stopped for car trouble discovered the siblings; no vehicles were found near their bodies. The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner determined both died from gunshot wounds.

Friends said Maria and her brother had gone out with a man the night they were killed, and concern grew when Maria failed to pick up her baby from the babysitter. Maria had moved from Mexico to Griffin, Georgia, about four years earlier and was the primary provider for her three children, sending money to two back in Mexico while raising the youngest in Georgia.

Gwinnett County police identified two suspects: 41-year-old Manuel Lorenzo Sanchez, charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and 24-year-old Ricardo Lorenzo Montes, charged with tampering with evidence; police said Ricardo is not related to the victims. Both men were reported at large and authorities asked the public for help locating them. The family launched a GoFundMe to raise funds to repatriate the siblings’ bodies to their mother in Mexico.

Did anyone in the area see Maria, Juan, or the men they were reported to be with on the night of August 26–27?