Isaiah Guerra, 17, was found dead inside his vehicle after it struck a tree near Avenida Alvera and McCallum Way in Cathedral City on April 4, 2020. Officers determined he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; Cathedral City Fire paramedics attempted life-saving measures but he died at the scene.

Two days later police arrested 21-year-old Juan Garcia-Landeros in the 33300 block of Shifting Sands Trail. He was charged with murder and pleaded not guilty, denying an enhancement allegation for discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury. Prosecutors presented enough evidence at a May 15, 2020 preliminary hearing to hold him to trial, and a trial date was set for September 17, 2024. Reports note Garcia-Landeros had an unresolved felony attempted robbery case pending in Riverside County Superior Court.

Surveillance footage from nearby homes was used to reconstruct events, but no clear motive has been disclosed. Did anyone in Cathedral City see or hear anything that night that might help fill gaps in the timeline?