Morgan Briel Amaya was 22 when she was killed in Las Vegas on February 4, 2020. Family described her as a Hispanic mother trying to get clean and regain custody of her one-year-old daughter; they believed she had been staying with a friend who was helping her.

According to investigators, Morgan and another woman met a man who drove them to an apartment in the 400 block of North Nellis Boulevard. The man, identified as 55-year-old Gary Walker, drank with the women and later got into an argument with Morgan. A witness said Walker left the room, returned with a gun, and during a physical struggle the weapon discharged. Morgan was found dead inside a large suitcase in a kitchen closet; the Clark County Coroner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head and the manner homicide.

The woman who witnessed the shooting told police Walker held her at gunpoint, sexually assaulted her repeatedly, and forced her to help move the body. She later escaped by going to the Regional Justice Center and reporting the crimes. Walker was arrested at the courthouse and charged with murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and eight counts of sexual assault; he told detectives the shooting was accidental and that the sexual contact was consensual.

Did anyone in Las Vegas have contact with Morgan or know about her plans in the days before February 4, 2020?