A Fredericksburg apartment death that first looked like a suicide was reclassified as a homicide after investigators found inconsistencies in the scene and witness accounts. Jareal Marryshow, a 26-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the evening of January 15, 2021, on Setter Circle and died after being taken to a hospital.

Detectives focused on Marryshow’s roommate, 25-year-old Kevin Monsivais, after evidence collected that night pointed to another person’s involvement. A warrant was issued for Monsivais, who was located and arrested with assistance from Fredericksburg police late on January 16 at a Quality Inn on Plank Road. He was charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and shooting into an occupied dwelling, and was held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail pending further proceedings.

Are there readers who knew Jareal or who have information about what happened that night?