It was supposed to be a quick trip. Just a bag of ice from the Minimax convenience store— two minutes, in and out. But 32-year-old Juan Carlos Gomez never made it back.

"We've got him on video going into the store buying ice. He didn't interact with anyone. We didn't see him have a disturbance, talk to anybody. He just purchased the ice and left," said Det. Greg Pasak with the Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO).

On July 20, 2018, Gomez left the store to go back to his house in Thunderbird Village on FM 969 in Travis County. But just after 8 p.m., his white Dodge truck only made it to the entrance of the mobile home park. His vehicle was still running and all of the doors were closed.

"I believe he stopped and got out to talk to somebody," Pasak said.

Witnesses said they heard a sing

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