A quiet neighborhood in the Camby area of Indianapolis was disrupted on the morning of July 22, 2023, when a resident in the 8600 block of Orchard Grove Lane found 35-year-old Hispanic woman Erica Pedroza suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel arrived around 7:30 a.m., and Pedroza was pronounced dead at the scene; investigators later recorded that she had sustained 10 gunshot wounds.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives opened an investigation and reported no signs of forced entry into the home. Erica’s husband, Seth Smith-Robinson, told investigators that his wife had been killed during a home invasion. The case has remained under investigation as detectives work to piece together events that led to her death.

Anyone who lived in the Orchard Grove Lane area on or before July 22, 2023, or who has information about Erica Pedroza’s death is asked to contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Unit.