On March 13, 2016, in Goshen, Indiana, 27-year-old Jose Nava-Orozco was found shot to death inside a home in the Brookside Manor manufactured home community. A second man, 43-year-old Marco Carmona-Gonzalez, was also killed at the same scene; police said the double homicide did not appear random and investigators believed gang violence motivated the attack.

Police called to a Ripple Rock Drive residence around 5:00 a.m. discovered both bodies. Within a week, two suspects were arrested and charged with two counts of murder: 22-year-old Diego Ramos and 19-year-old Luis Rivas. Investigators cited cell phone data showing Rivas searched for images of Nava about twenty minutes before the killings, Ramos allegedly told his mother of Nava’s death less than half an hour after the incident, and ballistic analysis matched shell casings from the scene, Ramos’ vehicle, and his home to the same weapon.

Rivas later pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal, admitting he burned the clothes worn the night of the murders and provided false statements; he was sentenced to six years plus a six-year gang enhancement and later said he had been threatened by Ramos. Ramos went to a bench trial and was found not guilty on both murder counts. Rivas faced additional obstructing-justice charges for refusing to testify against Ramos.