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Sandra Cruz-Lopez, a 39-year-old Hispanic mother of seven, was found dead on Mother’s Day, May 9, 2021, in the far east Las Vegas Valley. Firefighters responding to a vehicle fire on Bureau of Land Management land near Frenchman Mountain discovered her body inside a scorched truck. The Clark County coroner determined she died of multiple gunshot wounds and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators linked Cruz-Lopez’s killing to the same-day shooting death of 31-year-old Eric Mosley, who was found inside a trailer in a North Las Vegas parking lot. Witnesses said Cruz-Lopez had been at that trailer shortly before Mosley was killed and then disappeared. Police allege the violence was tied to an unpaid debt of up to $800 for a stolen truck.

The probe led to 24-year-old Antonio Barry-Edwards and 30-year-old Jordan Monahan. A stolen Chevrolet Silverado seen on surveillance near the scene yielded fingerprints for both. A witness told detectives Barry-Edwards and Monahan were in the truck with Cruz-Lopez after Mosley’s killing, that Barry-Edwards ordered Monahan to shoot Cruz-Lopez, and that Barry-Edwards then shot her about seven times before they set the truck on fire. Monahan was arrested October 26, 2021; Barry-Edwards was already in custody on unrelated charges.

Did anyone in the area know Sandra, Eric, or the people named in the investigation and have information that could help fill gaps in the timeline?