Destiny Jackson was 24 when her body was found by a hiker on September 11, 2021, in a desert area south of Las Vegas near Sloan. The Clark County coroner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso. Her family had reported her missing a day earlier after she failed to pick up her boyfriend and did not respond to calls and texts; she was last seen on September 9 and had posted on her Instagram story that evening.

Investigators traced Destiny’s missing silver BMW 328i to Torrance, California. On September 18 police there pursued the car; the driver, 21-year-old Albertt Monterio, crashed, tried to flee and was arrested. Officers found two guns, a gun case, a cracked phone and blood splatter inside the vehicle. Monterio later told investigators he answered a personal ad, intended to rob Destiny for her car, directed her to a desert location and shot her before abandoning her body.

Monterio pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and robbery and was sentenced to life with parole eligibility after 26 years. Destiny’s family described her as a straight-A student active in her church and remembered her as kind and beautiful. Did anyone who knew Destiny or saw her in Las Vegas in early September 2021 notice anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline?