Jairo Armando Sanchez-Guardado was 19 when his body was found in Lake Smith in Virginia Beach on July 6, 2018. He had emigrated from El Salvador about two years earlier and was described by his mother as a happy young man who liked singing, writing songs, playing soccer and wanted to be an artist. Authorities determined he died of a single gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators located his truck abandoned in a city parking lot off Shell Road and recovered a 7-Eleven receipt from the night of July 5 in the vehicle. A security guard nearby reported hearing a sound like a firework or gunshot the night before and saw three males run off after he confronted them. Surveillance from the store shows an unidentified male wearing Sanchez-Guardado’s lanyard and key leaving the truck and buying a beer and a tobacco product.

Prosecutors tied the killing to MS-13; senior gang member Melvin Molina Ramos was convicted of ordering the murder, and other alleged participants were reported to be awaiting trial. Does anyone have information about Sanchez-Guardado’s movements in Virginia Beach the weekend of July 5–6, 2018?