David Martinez, 36, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a home on the 1300 block of South 19 ½ Street in McAllen on the morning of July 15, 2024. Police were called at 10:55 a.m.; officers who arrived at the scene opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified two Donna residents, 30-year-old Nathan Germain and 31-year-old Carmen Lizeth Valdez, as involved. Surveillance footage reportedly shows a white Chevrolet SUV arriving, Germain entering the residence, multiple gunshots heard, and the pair leaving shortly after. Texts recovered from Valdez’s phone allegedly show she acted as a lookout. Both were taken into custody and charged; Germain was charged with murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and tampering with physical evidence, and Valdez faced murder and multiple drug-possession charges. Bond amounts were set for both.

David was remembered as a husband to Angela and father to four children: sons David Jr. and Richard, and daughters Leeya Cantu and Jasmine Martinez. Does anyone have information about the events that morning or the white Chevrolet SUV seen near South 19 ½ Street?