Alexa Ruiz, 23, was found shot in the back of the head and pronounced dead in her first-floor apartment on 56th Drive in Maspeth, Queens, in January 2023. Her body was discovered after her father, unable to get into the locked apartment, and the building superintendent entered through a window. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene.

The NYPD opened a homicide investigation. Investigators reported no signs of forced entry, a detail that led them to consider that Ruiz may have known her attacker. Ruiz was described as a single mother and a nail technician. As of early 2023 the investigation remained active with no arrests publicly announced and no motive released.

If anyone knew Alexa, her routines, visitors to her apartment, or saw anything suspicious around 56th Drive in January 2023, please share what you know with investigators.