Valentina Liliana Colban, 37, was found inside a motel room at the Travelers Motor Inn in Redford Charter Township, Michigan, just before 5 a.m. on November 9, 2024, suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. Officers performed life-saving measures and transported her to a local hospital, but she died of her wounds.

Born in Radauti, Romania, on February 10, 1987, Colban worked in customer service and was remembered by family for her kindness, patience, and love of thrift shopping and time spent with her nieces and nephews. Investigators arrested her 39-year-old boyfriend, Jose Angel Oquendo-Torruella of Detroit, who was charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm and was arraigned and remanded to jail. A Probable Cause Conference was scheduled for November 19, 2024.

If anyone has information about Valentina, her movements that night, or the motel where this happened, please share what is known.