On the morning of Wednesday, November 27, 2019, a passerby on the 12000 block of east 45th Street North in Wichita found the body of a Hispanic man near the roadside. Deputies from the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office arrived about 7:30 a.m. and confirmed the man was dead with a gunshot wound. He was identified as 30-year-old Christian Osvaldo Hernandez of Wichita.

Investigators concluded Hernandez had been kidnapped, held at gunpoint and driven to the remote location. He was found with his wrists bound by rope, his hands tied behind his back, and had been shot four times in the head. His body was left partially in a ditch and a cut cornfield.

A series of arrests followed: Thomas Ray Armstrong and Efrain Daniel Arroyo II were booked on first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery; Whitney Nicole Dukes and Dustyn Joe Brown were also arrested in connection with the case. During a November 2023 trial Arroyo was found guilty of first-degree felony murder and aggravated kidnapping; family members described Hernandez as a devoted, happy father.

Did anyone in the area know Christian or have information about his movements on November 26–27, 2019?