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Alexa Denice Montez

Age 16

Boerne, Texas

Her father’s “greatest gift,” he said

A proud cheerleader, she was a beauty. “Her smile was contagious,” a friend said.

She loved volunteering in the nursery at Kingsborough Ridge Baptist Church in San Antonio, her father said, and hoped to become an obstetrician. She was “the greatest gift God had ever given me.”

Alexa Denice Montez, 16, was found shot and killed in her mother’s boyfriend’s mansion in Boerne, Texas, alongside her half-sister London Bribiescas, 10, and their mother. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office ruled Alexa and London’s deaths as homicides, but as of Jan. 31, 2019, police had no suspects.

By Holly Kauck · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 athletes

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

Ray Glasgow III

Bench wears jersey instead of captain

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box

Kendrick D. Davis

Not quite clear on his dreams

Avi Liam Franco

He loved to learn and explore

Brandon Nathan Tyson

Friday night lights end in tragedy

Ra’Quan Darius Jones

Didn’t get to see his GED

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon

Orlando Myron Anderson Jr.

He was so full of life

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

James Alexzander Shorter

He’ll never taste grandma’s cookies again

Jovontia Antonio Jones

A runner grieved by seven siblings

Sharon Castro

She always helped those who struggled

Zyhame Kila Jones

An artist, basketball player and car-lover