On the evening of April 4, 2015, Manuel Montex, a 33-year-old male, was shot and killed in Roswell, New Mexico. Notices that followed simply recorded his death to gun violence on that date and in that city, his name entering the public record alongside others lost the same day across the country.
Local coverage at the time described a late-night homicide in Roswell with a man found dead from gunfire, with his identity released shortly thereafter; public memorial listings and incident ledgers have since kept the case alive in brief entries that confirm his age, gender, location, and the manner of death.
Despite the stark finality of those records, the story that trails him is one of unanswered questions. No publicly reported arrest has been tied to his killing, and no named suspect appears in the incident summaries or follow-up memorial documentation available today. The case remains presented to the public as an unsolved shooting, with authorities’ archival links now faded and community listings standing in their place.
