On the evening of January 28, 2023, 19-year-old Wesley Jose Molinero Dominguez arranged to meet someone near Puyallup, Washington, for what was supposed to be a marijuana sale. He and his girlfriend drove to the 12600 block of 90th Avenue East after arranging the meeting through Instagram messages. Two young men in black clothing and ski masks approached the vehicle and demanded the couple’s belongings. Molinero Dominguez identified one assailant as Joseph and told him he was a friend; that man then allegedly shot him in the face. His girlfriend called 911 at about 6:47 p.m., and Molinero Dominguez died in the ambulance en route to the hospital. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head and a homicide.

Investigators found a cell phone on the ground outside the driver’s side that led to one suspect and contained the Instagram messages that arranged the meeting. Two suspects were arrested in April 2023 and later charged in Pierce County Superior Court; court filings describe the event as a planned robbery. Does anyone have information about Molinero Dominguez’s movements that evening or the people he knew from junior high school?