Mollie Schmidt, 33, a mother of five, was reported missing from her Plainfield Township home on August 21, 2022. Friends and family said her disappearance was uncharacteristic because she had left her children behind. Investigators quickly focused on 44-year-old Wyoming resident Yenly Garcia and executed a search warrant at his apartment in the 1500 block of 44th Street Southwest.

On August 30, 2022, police found Mollie Schmidt’s body inside Garcia’s apartment; she had been fatally shot. Authorities recovered a shotgun and an AR-15 rifle in a nightstand near where her body was discovered. Garcia fled after the discovery, an arrest warrant for open murder was issued, and he was later located in Mexico and extradited to Michigan in September 2022 to face charges including open murder, homicide, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Family members remembered Mollie as a good mother who was always willing to help others. Does anyone have information about Mollie’s movements in the days before August 21, 2022, or about contacts between her and Garcia?