On October 10, 2023, the bodies of 18-year-old Hunter Mock and 16-year-old Angelito Caraballo were found in a wooded area off Ferndale Road in New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after both had been reported missing. Autopsies determined Mock died of a gunshot wound to the head; Caraballo died of multiple stab wounds, including a fatal carotid laceration.

Investigators say the four had gone to an abandoned mining site known as The Sanchez on the night of October 8, 2023. Witnesses reported that 19-year-old Lamour Curtis Branch brandished a firearm and began shooting at Mock and Caraballo; one witness said he heard 10 to 20 shots while fleeing. Later accounts allege Branch showed a gun and pocketknife and said both victims were dead, and a cellmate reported Branch admitted planning the killings.

On June 5, 2024, Branch was arrested at the Schuylkill County Courthouse and charged with multiple counts including first-degree murder; he was denied bail and held in Schuylkill County Prison with a preliminary hearing set for June 11, 2024. Both families seek answers and justice.

If anyone was at The Sanchez that night or has information about the events leading up to October 8, 2023, please come forward.