Michael Martinez was 19 when he was found shot to death in a field near Park Meadows Mall in Arapahoe County, Colorado, in late summer 1998. His body was discovered while investigators were searching for him and his friend Alex Pogosyan, who were wanted in connection with a September 7, 1998 shooting spree in an Aurora neighborhood that left five people dead, including four acquaintances and a stepmother of one of the friends.

Martinez’s death transformed him from a fugitive into a homicide victim. He had been shot multiple times, and the gun used in his killing was different from the weapon used in the earlier murders, which led detectives to consider that someone other than Pogosyan may have been responsible. Pogosyan was later apprehended, convicted, and sentenced for the five murders, but no one has ever been charged in Martinez’s death. His murder remains an unsolved cold case.

Does anyone have information about Martinez’s movements or contacts in the days before his body was found?