Estrella Jessinia Mendoza, 37, was shot and killed on the night of July 7, 2022, in a QuikTrip parking lot near 61st Street and Highway 169 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had been at the store with her husband, Aljuan Flanner, and her sister-in-law, Alexis Flanner, after the three had been drinking together earlier that evening. Aljuan was asleep in the car; he awoke after hearing the gunshot and found Estrella on the ground. Before losing consciousness, Estrella told her husband that his sister had shot her.

First responders pronounced Mendoza dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Tulsa Police located and arrested Alexis Flanner near 51st Street and Yale Avenue; because of Flanner’s Native American status the case was handled federally. Prosecutors said Flanner confessed, telling investigators she had become angry over a marijuana grinder Mendoza took earlier that day. A federal grand jury later indicted Flanner on first-degree murder; she ultimately pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Estrella was a mother of nine and remembered by family for her kind heart and vibrant personality.

Does anyone have information about Estrella’s final hours or witnessed the interaction at the QuikTrip that night?