Antonio Perez

On the quiet evening of October 8, 1994, in the small village of Hatch, New Mexico, a knock on a motel room door shattered the peace. Inside was a young man, a Hispanic male known to others as Antonio Perez, who was 23 years old. When he opened the door, an unknown assailant forced their way in, and the sound of a single gunshot echoed through the motel. The attacker fled the scene, leaving Perez fatally wounded in the chest.

Authorities arrived to find a young man who, despite having a n ...