Nayeli Bolaños Medina was 23 and living in Irving, Texas, when she and her 56-year-old mother, Juana Medina Rodriguez, were shot inside their Park Springs Apartments unit on West Irving Boulevard on the evening of January 19, 2024. Officers arrived about 8:50 p.m.; Juana was found dead at the scene and Nayeli was taken to a local hospital where she later died. Both had been shot. Nayeli’s 5-year-old son was in the apartment and later told investigators the suspect killed his mother and grandmother in front of him while they were fighting.

Investigators identified Nayeli’s 33-year-old boyfriend, Hector Vicente Paguada, known as Hector Matute, as the primary suspect. Police say security footage shows him running from the apartment and leaving in a Nissan Pathfinder. Authorities issued a warrant charging him with capital murder; several people have been arrested for allegedly helping him evade capture and for disposing of his vehicle. The family received help from the Consulate of El Salvador to arrange burials, and a memorial of candles and flowers grew at the apartment steps.

As of the latest report, Paguada remains at large and is considered dangerous; the FBI has offered a reward for information leading to his arrest. If anyone has information about Nayeli, Juana, or the suspect’s whereabouts, please share what is known with investigators.