Gabriel R. Trujillo, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, was murdered in Sonora, Mexico, while conducting field research investigating plants endemic to the region.
The murder of Gabriel R. Trujillo occurred on June 19, and according to his family and fiancée, his body was found several days after his disappearance.
A statement issued by UC Berkeley details that Gabriel Trujillo was a graduate student at that university, and that he was in Mico doing field research.