On October 27, 2023, 17-year-old Dillan Elain Zubia was found dead near Penwell, Texas, with at least one gunshot wound. The discovery followed an earlier shooting that evening at a Dollar General in Odessa, where 18-year-old Kevin Roman was shot and later died at a hospital.

Investigators say 20-year-old Ethan Gabriel Ibarra confessed to shooting Roman after a drug deal turned violent and admitted directing officers to Zubia’s body and to locations where firearms were discarded. Ibarra was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, and tampering with a human corpse; bond was set at $175,000. Ector County authorities also arrested 18-year-old Victor Manuel Balderrama on charges of tampering with a human corpse and tampering with physical evidence, bond $75,000.

Funeral services for Dillan Zubia were held November 8, 2023, at American Heritage Funeral Home, with burial at American Heritage Cemetery in Midland. Does anyone have information about Dillan’s last movements or the dispute that led to this violence?