Samir Al-Abboudy, 44, was shot and killed in Albuquerque on May 14, 2017, at 2120 Menaul Blvd. Investigators later identified two suspects, Yoan Pena Santiesteban, 34, and Gloria Chavez, 26. Santiesteban was first arrested on May 27, 2017, on fraud charges after using a stolen credit card belonging to another homicide victim, Matthew Severinghaus; detectives at that time did not have enough evidence to link him to the shooting of Al-Abboudy.

On May 30, 2017, New Mexico State Police stopped a white Nissan Versa reported stolen near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, and took Santiesteban and Chavez into custody. The vehicle was later determined to belong to Samir Al-Abboudy. Both suspects subsequently admitted to involvement in three May 2017 homicides — Al-Abboudy on May 14, Celina Arrellanes on May 24, and Matthew Severinghaus on May 26 — and casings from each scene linked them to the shootings. They told detectives they had planned robberies of Al-Abboudy and Severinghaus and killed them; the victim Arrellanes was described as an innocent bystander killed during an attempted robbery elsewhere.

Santiesteban and Chavez were charged with murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, and tampering with evidence. Are there readers who knew Samir or have information about his activities in Albuquerque in May 2017?