Gabriel Baca, 37, was shot to death on March 13, 2011, in a motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. His father, 57-year-old Bobby Gonzales, was killed in the same incident. The shootings were later linked to Muziwokuthula Muzi Madondo, a South African theology student arrested in Texas in March 2011 who allegedly confessed to the Tucumcari killings and to two other murders in Ohio.

Madondo’s case involved a contested confession; a New Mexico Supreme Court ruling found his rights were violated during the initial confession, which prolonged legal proceedings. He ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of tampering with evidence in connection with the deaths of Baca and Gonzales and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Authorities expected he would be transferred to Ohio on additional homicide matters he had confessed to.

Did anyone in Tucumcari or the region have contact with Gabriel Baca in the days before March 13, 2011?