On April 30, 2023, 31-year-old Nick Hallam was shot and killed at an apartment complex in the 4100 block of Medical Drive in San Antonio, Texas during a social gathering. The gathering was hosted by 50-year-old Jose Alvarez, who had been in a romantic relationship with Hallam’s wife, 30-year-old Maryann Demetro, for several months. Arrest affidavits say Alvarez shot Hallam in the neck, causing immediate death.

Initial statements by Demetro to police said Alvarez took her phone and held her hostage after the shooting, and that she escaped hours later. Surveillance footage from a neighbor’s Ring camera contradicted that account, showing Demetro and Alvarez attempting to move Hallam’s body, then later showing Demetro alone calmly cleaning bloodstains outside the apartment. Alvarez reportedly confessed to the affair and said he shot Hallam because of his feelings for Demetro; Demetro later admitted helping clean the scene and trying to move her husband’s body. Alvarez was charged with murder and tampering with a human corpse; Demetro was charged with altering, concealing, and destroying a human corpse. The couple’s three young children were placed with Hallam’s family, who are arranging to transport his body to California for memorial services.

Are there readers who knew Nick, Maryann, or Jose, or who have information about what happened that night?