Mollie Schefer, 47, a Santa Rosa resident, was found shot inside her home on Cecilia Drive in the pre-dawn hours of September 9, 2025. Officers responding around 4:30 a.m. discovered a shattered rear sliding glass door, an open back gate, and, on the staircase, Mollie Schefer with two gunshot wounds to her chest; she died at the scene. Two dogs were also shot; one died and the other was critically injured.
The Sonoma County Coroner identified the victim later that week, as detectives began piecing together how an intruder or intruders breached the home before the gunfire.
In the immediate aftermath, authorities said the firearm had not been recovered and that the suspect or suspects remained at large, though they emphasized that the killing appeared to be an isolated incident rather than a threat to the broader community. Neighbors awoke to the sound of shots and the early churn of emergency vehicles, and the block on the 1400 stretch of Cecilia Drive became a tightly controlled crime scene as investigators canvassed for surveillance footage and witnesses. The death of Mollie Schefer, 47, was also recorded by national gun-violence trackers that day, underscoring the abruptness with which routine domestic space can become a site of lethal harm.
Within days, detectives zeroed in on a 2003 gold Lexus RX they believed was connected to the shooting. That lead culminated in the arrests of two Sebastopol men—Felix Carreon, 50, and Robert McConlogue, 46—who were taken into custody the following Monday and identified publicly the next week. Both men were booked on suspicion of murder and criminal conspiracy; McConlogue also faced a felony probation violation unrelated to the killing. Authorities described the investigation as ongoing even after the arrests, while stressing the specific, targeted nature of the break-in and attack that took the life of Mollie Schefer, 47, and her dog.
