Rafael Hernandez-Torres was found dead in the trunk of his taxi, partially submerged in the Caney River in Rogers County, Oklahoma, in the spring of 2015. He was 38 and had immigrated from Mexico around age 20, building a life in Tulsa where he ran a taxi business and acted as a translator in the Hispanic community. An autopsy showed he had been shot nine times in the chest and back.

Investigators say he was lured on the night of April 30, 2015, after telling a customer he was going to help someone with car trouble; phone records placed him driving toward the river. The riverbank scene included blood, shell casings, beer cans, and his pockets turned inside out. A burner phone purchased under a false name had been in contact with him shortly before his death. Fingerprints and DNA from the scene led authorities to two suspects: Adan Mora-Ramos and Roman Medrano. Mora-Ramos’s prints were at the scene and he was arrested in Detroit; DNA on the beer cans matched Medrano. During questioning each accused the other of the shooting.

Medrano later pleaded no contest to first-degree murder and was sentenced in July 2017 to life with the possibility of parole. Mora-Ramos was convicted as an accessory and received a 15-year sentence in June 2017. Did anyone who knew Rafael or his taxi notice unusual requests or calls for help in late April 2015?