Carrie Jean Melvin, a production assistant who grew up in Morro Bay, California and studied Film and Media Production at the University of Santa Cruz, had moved to Hollywood four years earlier. She was walking near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard McCadden Place in Los Angeles with her boyfriend on the night of July 5, 2015, less than a half-block from their home, when she was fatally shot in the face by an assailant with a shotgun. The next morning, two children found a shotgun registered to Ezeoma Chigozie Obioha lying on tidal rocks at a beach at the terminus of Sunset Boulevard. A live round of the unusual ammunition used in the Melvin slaying was found near the gun. Further investigation revealed that Melvin recently had done some consulting work for Obioha, filed a claim for unpaid wages against him with the state Labor Commission, and rebuffed his romantic advances. Obioha was arrested 19 days after the killing. Two eyewitnesses to the murder selected Obioh's photo from a six-pack photo lineup and identified him in court. On this and additional evidence, a jury found him guilty of first degree murder and found true a special circumstance allegation that the crime was committed for financial gain. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on January 2017.