Leonidas Duran, 69, a resident of Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, died July 7, 2023, in Orlando, Florida, after a violent attack at her apartment complex. Investigators say the assailant used a machete and gunfire; Duran was found dead on the grass outside the complex. Her husband was found wounded in the apartment doorway and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Authorities identified 56-year-old Esteban De Jesus Jr. as the attacker and issued warrants for murder and attempted murder. A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force located De Jesus on Jefferson Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey, late on a Saturday night. He was wounded during the arrest, transported to Jersey City Medical Center, and pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m., ending the manhunt and leaving the Orlando homicide case cleared.

The circumstances of the use of deadly force in New Jersey are under review by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability to determine whether the force was legally justified. Does anyone have information about Leonidas Duran, her husband, or the events at the apartment complex that night?