On the evening of January 3, 2024, 39-year-old Jhonas Armando Garcia Carbajal of Terrytown was killed at the Boulevard Apartment Homes in Gretna, Louisiana. After several months without contact, Garcia Carbajal reconnected with Patricia Lopez-Melgar, with whom he had an intermittent affair. Lopez-Melgar allegedly used Instagram to arrange for him to come to her apartment in the 900 block of Gretna Boulevard that night.

When Garcia Carbajal arrived, he encountered Patricia’s boyfriend, Carlos Martinez Ramirez, who was reportedly waiting. An altercation took place and Martinez Ramirez is accused of beating and then fatally shooting Garcia Carbajal, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The incident is described as tied to the romantic entanglement among the three.

A Jefferson Parish grand jury returned an indictment on May 30, 2024, charging Carlos Martinez Ramirez with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. As of early June 2024, Martinez Ramirez remained at large and authorities were asking the public for help locating him. If anyone knew Garcia Carbajal, the people he associated with, or has information about Martinez Ramirez’s whereabouts, please come forward.