Aileen Villasenor was 19 and the mother of a 9-month-old daughter, Alana, when she was fatally shot on the evening of April 13, 2024, in Napa. Friends and family left a makeshift memorial of photos and flowers after her life was cut short by violence.

On April 13, Aileen and 17-year-old acquaintance Sasha Mufich were found with gunshot wounds near the roadway in the 400 block of Riverside Drive. Emergency personnel treated both; Sasha was pronounced dead at the scene and Aileen was taken to a hospital where she later died. Prosecutors say the shooting grew out of a personal dispute. Court testimony reported that three people had driven to Napa so one of them, Judith Adolph, could fight Aileen over the father of Aileen’s baby. After a brief altercation, groups separated and prosecutors allege Jonathan Nicholson Jr. then put on a mask, chased Aileen and Sasha, and shot them.

Within days, Napa police arrested three suspects. The Napa County District Attorney charged Jonathan Nicholson Jr. and Jessica Whitten with two counts of first-degree murder; Whitten was also charged as an accessory. Judith Adolph was charged with assault with a semiautomatic rifle and being an accessory; she later entered a no-contest plea and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying at a preliminary hearing.

Did anyone in the area know Aileen or have information about what happened that night?