Yasmine Moreno, 26, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in her home on the Northwest Side of Chicago on February 20, 2023. Police responded to a well-being check at about 12:09 PM after a woman reported her daughter wasn’t answering calls and had been depressed over problems with her boyfriend. Officers discovered Moreno unresponsive in a Belmont Cragin apartment on the 5500 block of West Diversey; investigators determined she had been shot the night before at about 10:59 PM and found one shell casing at the scene.

Authorities linked Moreno’s death to another incident in the 16th district in which 25-year-old Julian Ruiz was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle on the 6300 block of West Addison. Police say the two were in a romantic relationship and believe the incidents were domestic in nature. The Medical Examiner identified Moreno’s death as a homicide and Ruiz’s as an apparent suicide; the investigation remained ongoing at the time of reporting.

If anyone knew Yasmine or has information about her last movements or her relationship with Julian Ruiz, please share what you know.