On December 10, 2022, 18-year-old Marisol Marie Espindola was found dead inside a home in the 1500 block of Evanston Street in the Willow Park neighborhood of Aurora, Colorado. She, her mother Estancia Martinez, 41, and her 18-year-old half-brother Kaiden Michael Castaneda were discovered by family members after being uncontactable; all three had suffered a combination of gunshot and stab wounds. Marisol sustained numerous stab wounds, including defensive wounds to her arms; her mother had both a gunshot wound and multiple stab wounds. Police had performed a welfare check at the residence earlier that day but left after observing no suspicious activity from outside.

The sole suspect was identified as 21-year-old Christopher Martinez, a half-brother to Marisol and Kaiden and son of Estancia Martinez. He was contacted by police at the scene that night and arrested the following morning; court documents say he confessed to family members that he had been blackout drunk and later admitted to stabbing his brother and shooting his sister and mother. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and later pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder as part of a plea agreement.

Does anyone who knew Marisol or the family have information that could add to the record?