On March 3, 2023, 30-year-old Cynthia Frazier, a mother of four, was found unresponsive in her South Sacramento home near Casa Grande Way and 53rd Avenue. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. The coroner’s examination identified a discrete gunshot wound to her torso, and authorities classified the death as a homicide.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and on March 4, 2023, arrested two people: 22-year-old Traydeon Jamarr Holmes and 41-year-old Monique Renee Moore. Both were booked into Sacramento County Main Jail on murder charges and were scheduled to appear in court on March 7, 2023. Officials had not disclosed the relationship between Frazier and the suspects or a motive, and detectives were interviewing potential witnesses.

Family described Frazier as a devoted mother who had recently suffered multiple family losses and worked to provide for her children. Anyone with information about what happened or who might have seen activity near Casa Grande Way and 53rd Avenue on or before March 3, 2023 is asked to come forward.