Karla Aguilera, 37, of Tome, New Mexico, was last seen by her daughters on September 4, 2022. Her youngest daughter woke alone at home the next morning and, about 12 hours later, called to reach Karla; Karla’s husband, 50-year-old Rosalio Aguilera-Gamboa, also known as Lorenzo, answered and said they were together at a hotel in Albuquerque. When Karla did not return home, her older daughters reported her missing on September 6 and the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation.

Detectives found Lorenzo had called in sick to work on September 6 and did not show the following day. Cell phone data placed him at the scene in the early morning hours of September 5 and later in Garden City, Kansas. On September 14 a body found near Mountainair and Highway 60 was identified through autopsy as Karla Aguilera; the autopsy determined she had been shot four times. An arrest warrant charging Lorenzo with first-degree murder, child abuse, and tampering with evidence was issued.

Lorenzo was located in Garden City, Kansas, and arrested there on September 17, 2022, along with his cousin Maria Guadalupe Nevarez-Aguilera; both were taken into custody and held on charges related to the case. Does anyone have information about Karla’s last known movements or who might have seen the couple in early September 2022?