On the morning of November 19, 2020, Raymond Ortiz, 39, was found dead beside his van on a residential street near Ticklegrass Road and Sparrowtail Road in West Jordan, Utah, after multiple gunshots were heard by neighbors around 2 a.m. Surveillance footage shows Ortiz parking a large van with headlights off, a silver Cadillac pulling up, numerous shots fired into the van, the van striking the Cadillac, a person exiting the Cadillac and firing two more rounds, and a second person removing two large bags from Ortiz’s van and placing them in the Cadillac before the vehicles collided again.

A tip led police to a damaged Cadillac hidden under a tarp at a Kearns residence and to 20-year-old Sarah Elaine Lobato and 18-year-old Jayton Trevor Merrill. Lobato later told investigators she had been in a sexual relationship with Ortiz since March 2020, that they had lived together, and that she arranged the West Jordan meeting to have Ortiz harmed and to steal a large quantity of marijuana. She said Merrill shot Ortiz and that about 50 pounds of marijuana were taken from his van. Both were arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including aggravated murder and aggravated robbery; Merrill also faced a firearms charge.

Who has information about Ortiz’s movements or associates in the months before November 19, 2020?