On a directionless summer night, two teenage boys crossed paths on the outskirts of Salem. One fatally shot the other. Two teenage girls saw it happen.
Cellphones carried by all four had orbited the scene, tracing the teens’ movements and logging their messages and phone calls. And somewhere in that data may lie the shooter’s best hope to beat a life sentence.
It’s undisputed that David Ayon-Urbano killed Hector de Jesus Gonzalez Mendoza that June 2024 night on the side of Skyline Road…