On the late evening of November 2, 2014, police were called to the Clarion Hotel on North Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia, and found 22-year-old Eboniece M. Escobar of New York deceased in a hotel room from a single gunshot wound to the head. The case was investigated as a homicide.

Investigators identified three suspects, all from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Shane Rivera, 20, was arrested in Virginia Beach, and 21-year-old Jimmar Payne was taken into custody in St. Croix after initially fighting extradition; both were charged with conspiracy to commit murder. The third suspect, 19-year-old J'Wa E. Charlery, was later located and arrested in the British Virgin Islands; authorities said he was found with two loaded handguns and a large amount of cash and faced local charges for unlawful possession of firearms and explosives and illegal entry, and was also charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

The motive for Escobar’s killing was not immediately made clear by authorities. Does anyone have information about Escobar’s movements in Richmond or about contacts she may have had from St. Croix?