Paula Davis was 19 and a UNLV student when her body was found on September 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. Her father discovered her in the family van parked near Desert Horizons Park on Simmons Street and Gowan Road. The Clark County Coroner’s report lists cause of death as two gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

Investigators identified Davis’s recent ex-boyfriend, 21-year-old Giovanni Ruiz, as the primary suspect. Surveillance footage placed Ruiz’s truck near Davis’s home the morning she died. Prosecutors say Davis texted Ruiz to end the relationship, then left home in her van and pulled up next to Ruiz’s truck; she was believed to have been shot while they were sitting in the truck, then moved to the van and driven to the park. A gun missing two rounds was recovered from Ruiz’s home, and a receipt showed the firearm had been purchased two days before the killing. Shopping records reportedly show Ruiz buying bleach, water, trash bags and paper towels.

Did anyone in the Las Vegas area know Paula or see either vehicle that morning?