On March 25, 2020 deputies from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Donald Avenue home after a man reported his father was covered in blood and his mother was missing. At the scene they found 42-year-old Norma Lopez-Castillo dead from a gunshot wound and 54-year-old Francisco Ramirez alive but also shot. Ramirez was taken to a hospital and arrested on suspicion of murder.

Authorities described the incident as a domestic dispute that escalated into deadly violence. Ramirez was identified as Lopez-Castillo’s partner and was charged in connection with her death. The Sheriff’s Office gathered evidence and interviewed witnesses as part of the investigation.

What additional information do readers in Madera have about Norma Lopez-Castillo, her life, or the neighborhood around Donald Avenue that could help this case?