On the morning of November 28, 2018, Jesus Torres Flores, a 58-year-old Hispanic man, was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle parked in the driveway of his home on Juniper Circle in Royal City, Washington. According to authorities, the gunshot was fired by a family member while the family was returning from a hospital visit in nearby Othello; Flores had been sitting in the front passenger seat when his 21-year-old son, Jonathan Torres, allegedly raised a gun from the rear seat and shot him as they passed near O’Sullivan Reservoir.

After the shooting, the mother drove back to the family home and 911 was called. Emergency responders arrived about 1:30 a.m. and found Jesus Torres Flores deceased in the vehicle. Jonathan Torres was located shortly afterward in a Royal City parking lot and taken into custody; officers used a stun gun after he reportedly grabbed a rifle that had been slung around a deputy’s body. Investigators noted Jonathan and his brother had been linked to a November 14 shooting in Royal City that wounded another man, and Jonathan had been evading arrest.

Jonathan Torres was initially charged with murder and later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter; records state he was suffering from methamphetamine-induced psychosis at the time and received a 20-year prison sentence. Did anyone in Royal City know the Torres family or see them the night of November 27–28, 2018?