Emerson Zuniga was found with a life-threatening head injury in the front yard of a house on the 4300 block of Stevenson Boulevard on January 25, 2007, at about 2:15 p.m. Witnesses reported seeing Zuniga fighting with two other men just before he was found; they said one male embedded a large metal object into the top of his head. Zuniga was taken to a trauma center and later died of his injuries.

Witness descriptions say the two men who fought with Zuniga were Hispanic, in their late teens or early 20s, about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with medium builds, wearing baggy t-shirts and slightly loose pants. One wore a black Raiders ball cap; one possibly had a goatee and thin mustache. A third involved person, the driver, was described as a Hispanic male in his early 20s. The suspects were said to have left in a late 1980s or early 1990s metallic blue minivan with factory rims, possibly two-toned.

Detectives reopened the investigation in recent months and released a composite sketch of the primary suspect. A $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction was announced by the governor on November 24, 2020. If anyone has information about that afternoon or the men and vehicle described, please come forward.