On the evening of May 10, 2024, at about 9:45 p.m., El Paso police responded to a domestic dispute at an apartment in the 6800 block of Bellrose Drive and found 49-year-old Todd Olivas with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial 911 call came from 41-year-old Valerie Navejas, who at first said Olivas had assaulted her and that she had fired the weapon after a struggle.

Investigators found inconsistencies between Navejas’ first account and the physical evidence. She later admitted she had taken the gun from Olivas and shot him multiple times at close range, delayed calling 911 by about 30 minutes, and tampered with the scene by collecting spent shell casings and placing them on a dresser. Navejas, a Level 3 security guard licensed to carry while on duty, was arrested and charged with murder and booked into the El Paso County Jail on $150,000 bond. This was recorded as El Paso’s seventh homicide of 2024, matching the total at the same point in 2023.

If anyone has information about Olivas, his movements that evening, or the apartment on Bellrose Drive, please share what is known.