Juan Duarte Raya was 19 and from Palm Springs when he was killed on February 3, 2019. He and friends Jacob Montgomery and Yuliana Garcia were found in Duarte Raya’s car with gunshot wounds after the vehicle crashed near Sunny Dunes Road and El Placer. All three had targeted gunshot wounds to the head. A fourth victim, Carlos Campos-Rivera, was found nearby.

Reports state the four had been together that night. Jose Vladimir Larin Garcia shot Campos-Rivera near an apartment complex, then returned to shoot the three in the car. Larin Garcia was found hiding under a truck near the scene, covered in the victims’ blood, taken to a hospital, and later arrested while attempting to flee under a false name. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

Duarte Raya had overcome family tragedy and personal struggles, earned his high school diploma, and was described as looking forward to a promising future. Does anyone have memories of Juan or information about that night that could shed more light on what happened?