Alianna Jolissa Farfan, 23, was shot and killed on January 11, 2024, inside her apartment at 4047 Montgomery Boulevard NE in Albuquerque. Police responded shortly before 6:00 p.m. after a report that someone had been shot. Officers found Farfan in a bedroom with a gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene and homicide detectives opened an investigation.

Friends in the apartment told detectives that Farfan and her former boyfriend, identified as Alexander Segura-Ortiz (also reported as Alexander Ortiz), had gone into the bedroom and closed the door. A short time later, witnesses heard a single gunshot, forced the bedroom door, and found Farfan shot in the face. Ortiz was not in the room; witnesses said the person fleeing wore a black ski mask and black hooded sweatshirt and escaped through the bedroom window. Those close to Farfan described her relationship with Ortiz as abusive, and investigators were told he had been upset with her that day.

Detectives developed evidence sufficient to obtain a murder warrant for Ortiz, who remained at large for several weeks. If anyone knew Alianna, saw the apartment building on January 11, or has information about the people who were inside that night, please come forward.