On the evening of July 18, 2024, 18-year-old Ashlin Yamileth Paz was found shot to death in a wooded area near Pineview Road and Cregger Lane in Manassas, Virginia. Police and emergency personnel responded after reports of a shooting; Paz, described as a female with no fixed address, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined the shooting was not random.

Authorities say Paz had arranged to meet an acquaintance, 20-year-old German Joseth Torres Lizama, at the location where she was found. An altercation during that meeting is believed to have escalated to the fatal shooting. A witness reported a blue 2017 Hyundai Elantra with Virginia plates leaving the area; that vehicle was later recovered abandoned in Fairfax County.

Warrants for murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony were issued for Torres Lizama, who was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Lynn, Massachusetts, on September 17, 2024, and held there pending extradition to Virginia. Does anyone have information about Ashlin, the meeting that night, or the blue Hyundai Elantra?