Rito Llamas-Juarez, 50, was fatally shot in Indianapolis on February 29, 2016, during a pre-arranged meeting to buy an iPhone 6 arranged through OfferUp. He was in the passenger seat of a vehicle on the northeast side of the city with family members when three young men approached. After a brief conversation, one of the men produced an automatic rifle and shot Llamas-Juarez in the chest.

Investigators linked 22-year-old Larry Joe Thomas to the case by tying his Facebook account to the OfferUp posting. A search of Thomas’s residence turned up .223-caliber rifle ammunition matching the rounds used in the shooting, and photos on his Slaughtaboi Larro Facebook account showed him holding an assault rifle with similar ammunition. Witness testimony, fingerprints on the iPhone box inside the victims’ vehicle, and a cigarette butt with Thomas’s DNA from the scene were also cited in the case.

Thomas was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted robbery. He acknowledged being at the scene, owning the rifle and ammunition, and communicating with the victims, while saying a friend fired the weapon. In May 2018 a jury found him guilty on all charges and in June 2018 he received a 60-year prison sentence. Does anyone have information about the meeting arranged on OfferUp or the men who approached the vehicle?