On September 26, 2014, 25-year-old Viridiana Hernandez of Sullivan City, Texas, was shot at her home on Loma Street and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Her boyfriend, Federico Cantu, told deputies the gun accidentally discharged while he was cleaning it. Investigators recovered the firearm used in the shooting as well as drugs and cash inside the couple’s home. Sullivan City police initially reported Hernandez was pregnant, but an autopsy found she was not.

Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged Cantu with manslaughter; he appeared before Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Rosa Trevio and was held on a $500,000 bond. Friends and family described Hernandez as outgoing, lively, and happy before her relationship with Cantu. What can anyone who knew Viridiana or observed the Loma Street household around that time add to the record?