On November 26, 2023, at about 2:00 a.m., officers found 37-year-old April Diaz in the roadway on the 36000 block of Mouren Drive in Huron, California; she had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation and identified 19-year-old Andrew Leon of Marina as the suspect. Authorities say Leon, who was in a relationship with Diaz’s daughter, argued with Diaz outside her home and then allegedly shot her before fleeing.

Leon surrendered that same evening to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and was taken into custody at the county line, then booked into Fresno County Jail on murder charges. Court proceedings have begun; during a preliminary hearing in April 2024, witnesses described prior harassment by Leon toward an ex-girlfriend and her mother, a confrontation heard immediately before the shooting, and a kitchen knife found under Diaz’s body, the significance of which is under examination. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jesse Gloria at (559) 600-8217 or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867.