Fourteen-year-old Josiaz JoJo Aragon was found dead near a baseball field at the Southwest Recreation Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 8, 2022, two days before his fifteenth birthday. An autopsy ruled the death a homicide, listing multiple sharp and blunt force injuries and a gunshot wound; reports say investigators recorded thirty separate wounds, many from a knife, a gunshot to the back, a stab to the neck, and skull fractures consistent with being stomped on.

Authorities say the meeting at the recreation center was arranged as a firearm sale between Aragon and a 17-year-old former classmate, Diego E. Lopez. Investigators allege Lopez assaulted, robbed, and killed Aragon during the exchange. Police recovered videos Lopez had recorded of the attack, including footage of Aragon as he lay dying and of Lopez’s blood-stained shoes; deleted files were reportedly retrieved.

Lopez was arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery. If anyone knew JoJo, saw him at the park that day, or has information about the meeting, please share what was seen.