On January 16, 2023, 19-year-old Sanaa Keilani McNeil and her boyfriend, Gabriel Sanchez were found dead in a room at the Travelodge By Wyndham in the 3800 block of Interstate 35 North in San Antonio. A housekeeper discovered both bodies; the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death was homicide, with both victims suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

Hotel surveillance shows Sanchez returning to the room around midnight in the company of a man later identified as 19-year-old Kristian Ray Belmudez. The three were recorded leaving and returning several times during the early morning. At about 3:39 a.m. Belmudez was seen leaving the room alone carrying two handguns and a backpack. Investigators say a witness and gas station surveillance placed Sanchez, McNeil and Belmudez together earlier that night during what was described as a narcotics transaction.

Belmudez was arrested March 10, 2023, on two counts of capital murder; those charges were dismissed in June 2023 for insufficient evidence, then reinstated with a rearrest on June 14 after investigators obtained additional evidence and an admission that he had been present that night. As of December 2024 the investigation and prosecution were ongoing.

If anyone has information about the events at the hotel or the gas station that night, please come forward to investigators.