Mollie Schefer, 47, was found shot to death inside her home on Cecilia Drive in Santa Rosa in the pre-dawn hours of September 9, 2025. Officers who responded around 4:30 a.m. discovered a shattered rear sliding glass door, an open back gate, and Schefer on the staircase with two gunshot wounds to her chest; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Two dogs were also shot—one died and the other was critically injured.

Detectives said the firearm had not been recovered and investigators treated the scene as a targeted break-in rather than a threat to the wider community. Neighbors reported hearing shots and emergency vehicles, and the block became a controlled crime scene while officers canvassed for surveillance and witnesses. Within days detectives focused on a 2003 gold Lexus RX linked to the case, and two Sebastopol men, Felix Carreon, 50, and Robert McConlogue, 46, were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder and criminal conspiracy; McConlogue also faced a felony probation violation.

The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone saw suspicious activity near the 1400 block of Cecilia Drive in the early hours of September 9 or has information about the gold Lexus, please come forward.