Daniel Diaz-Delgado, 20, was found dead on March 24, 2018, after going out the day before to buy a PlayStation 4 for his younger brother in a deal arranged on Facebook. His body was discovered face-down near a canal at Sixth Avenue and Assunpink Boulevard in Hamilton Township, bound with a power cord and with tape around his face. An autopsy reported multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, head, and leg, described by authorities as an execution-style killing.

Investigators say the advertised PS4 never existed and that the sale was a ruse. Daniel was allegedly lured to an alley in Trenton, robbed at gunpoint of $240, forced to an ATM where $700 was withdrawn from his account, and then killed. Authorities traced online communications to 29-year-old Rufus Thompson, who used the screen name Ru Hunter, and arrested Thompson along with 29-year-old Akmal Alvaranga. Both men were charged with murder, felony murder, kidnapping, robbery, and weapons offenses; a search of Thompson’s home turned up an empty PS4 box and pink duct tape similar to that used on the victim, and an arrest affidavit says Alvaranga confessed to involvement.

Daniel was remembered by friends and family as a kind and positive person.