On the morning of July 2, 2022, deputies in Sedgwick County, Kansas, responded to a shooting in the 4300 block of South Rock Road, between Wichita and Derby. At about 5 a.m. investigators found 43-year-old Saren Negrete-Perez and 29-year-old Gerardo Ruvalcaba-Ulloa dead from apparent gunshot wounds in the backyard of a residence. Neither victim lived at that location. A third man, 42-year-old David Baeza of Wichita, was found wounded on the side of the road and taken to a hospital for treatment.

Authorities said the double homicide was connected to drug activity and not a random act; investigators believe the victims and the suspects knew each other. Arrests were made: Baeza was taken into custody after his hospital release, and two other Wichita men, Joseph Ponse, 43, and Hieu Luong, 42, were also arrested. Charges reported included first-degree murder; later filings against Baeza included murder counts and drug distribution allegations, while Luong faced attempted first-degree murder and unlawful weapon possession as a convicted felon.

Who in the Wichita or Derby area might have known Saren Negrete-Perez or seen activity at the South Rock Road location the morning of July 2, 2022?