In the early morning hours of September 18, 2020, Jose Ramirez Piedra, 24, was found in a hotel parking lot in the 4000 block of Quebec Street in northeast Denver with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries; the Denver medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide. He was also known as Jose Pepe Manuel Ramirez and was born December 2, 1995, in Mexico to Jesús Snchez and María del Rosario Gutirrez Piedra.

The Denver Police Department opened an investigation and authorities later identified a suspect. A 23-year-old woman, Francise Martinez, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder; the Denver District Attorney’s Office filed those charges. Few details about motive or the events leading to the shooting have been released.

If anyone knew Jose or witnessed activity in the area that night, please share what is known with investigators.