Jose Velasquez, a 35-year-old plumber from Camarillo, California, was reported missing on July 27, 2022, and was later found dead in the Santa Monica Mountains on October 3, 2022. Hikers found his body off Mulholland Highway, and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner determined he died of multiple gunshot wounds. Velasquez had moved to California to pursue work as a general contractor and had been saving money to help his parents buy a home in Virginia.

Investigators say the inquiry linked Velasquez to Rotherie Durell Foster, a 37-year-old Camarillo resident with a prior 21-year prison term for manslaughter and assault. Authorities charged Foster with premeditated murder, identity theft, forgery and firearms violations after finding that Velasquez’s credit and debit cards had been used while he was missing. Foster was also accused in the death of 72-year-old Bill Levy by fentanyl poisoning and faced additional financial-crime allegations. His arraignment was set for February 17.

Does anyone have information about Velasquez’s movements in late July 2022 or about contacts between him and Foster?