Silvano Ruiz-Perez, a 31-year-old Hispanic man, was found dead in a field at the former Valley 6 Drive-In site in Auburn, Washington. A passerby discovered his body on the morning of March 24, 2019; the King County Medical Examiner determined he had died the previous day, March 23, from a single shotgun wound and ruled the death a homicide.

Family members said they last spoke with Ruiz-Perez in the early morning of March 23. He had taken an Uber to the Azteca restaurant in Kent and planned to get a ride home but then stopped answering his phone. Investigators identified a person of interest, Abbas Salah Zghair, after surveillance showed Zghair’s vehicle at locations matching Ruiz-Perez’s phone records. Zghair was arrested April 13, 2019, at the Sumas border crossing using false identification; he initially denied knowledge of the killing but later said he had been with Ruiz-Perez that night. The King County Prosecutor charged Zghair with second-degree murder and he was held on $2.5 million bail.

Does anyone have information about Ruiz-Perez’s movements on March 23, 2019, or about contacts he may have met that night?