On March 25, 2018, Mario Cabral, 34, and his girlfriend Vanessa Rodriguez, 32, were found dead inside a home in the Garfield community north of Hatch, New Mexico. Deputies and a Hatch police officer discovered Cabral in a pool of blood with gunshot wounds to his head and torso; both deaths were later tied to a murder-for-hire plot.

Documents obtained by investigators indicate authorities had been aware of the plot about a month before the killings, a detail that raises questions about what warnings were known and what steps were taken afterward. Two people were arrested and charged in connection with the murders; the case proceeded to trial, with closing arguments heard in March 2022.

What information might help clarify who knew what, and when, in the weeks before March 25, 2018?