Sixteen-year-old Jakarah Lopez-Moore disappeared from her family home on Weld Street in Rochester, New York, on August 27, 2023. Her family reported her missing two days later and a search followed. On October 14, 2023, fishermen found her body in a wooded area behind Vanguard Parkway, near the Erie Canal. Authorities ruled her death a homicide and later determined she had been shot in the head the night she went missing.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Reign Tapiato as a suspect and described him as an acquaintance of Jakarah, saying the act was not random. He was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force on State Street in Rochester and was found in possession of a loaded handgun at the time of his arrest. He was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Anyone who knew Jakarah, saw her on August 27, 2023, or has information about her death is asked to come forward.