Jaycee Loraine Martin, 20, was found unconscious in the early morning hours of October 7, 2016, in a desert area beside a Circle K on North 91st Avenue in Phoenix. She was discovered about an hour after being left there, taken to a local hospital, and did not survive. The investigation determined she had been suffering from a drug overdose when one or more unknown individuals abandoned her at that location. Jaycee was a resident of Wittmann, Arizona.

The Phoenix Police Department listed the perpetrator or perpetrators as unknown and sought community tips through its Silent Witness program, offering a reward for information that could lead to an arrest and conviction. In January 2018 a man named Jared Sanchez posted a comment on her online obituary saying he had been with Jaycee when she died and that he wished to turn himself in, providing a date of birth and a Tucson location; there have been no publicly reported arrests or charges connected to that comment. The circumstances of Jaycee’s final hours and who left her in the desert remain unresolved.

If anyone knew Jaycee, was with her that night, or has information about the people who abandoned her, please share what’s known.