Javier Moncada, 43, was found dead on the evening of August 30, 2021, during a welfare check at a residence on the 1900 block of Hartford Avenue in Des Moines, near the south bank of the Des Moines River. An autopsy determined he died of a gunshot wound, and his death was ruled a homicide. He was remembered as a loving father of six children.

In September 2021 investigators named siblings Jasmin and Jonathan Bautista as persons of interest and asked the public for help locating them. In January 2022 both were arrested during a traffic stop in West Des Moines and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Moncada’s death. Authorities also said they were looking for a third individual who might have been involved or had information, but no further details about that person have been released.

Did anyone in the Des Moines area know Moncada or have information about the people who were sought in this case?