Maria Gonzalez texted her father that somebody was knocking on the front door of the apartment, but after that, the father couldn't reach her. He repeatedly tried to check in with his daughter throughout the day. Ultimately, he found the girl's body wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed inside of a laundry basket underneath her bed. An autopsy performed showed Maria had been sexually assaulted, had blunt force trauma to the head, and died of strangulation.