Our card this week is Alfonso McCoy Jr. and Deborah Gomez, the queen of clubs from Arizona.

And it seems like more than just a coincidence that this couple is on that particular face of cards.

Because by all accounts, Debbie was Alfonso's queen.

They'd only been together a few years or so, but according to both

families, Alfonso always took care of his people. When he did choose to settle down, he was loyal

to that one person. He was Debbie's protector. But in the darkness of winter, more than 20 years

ago, not even he could save them.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. In the late afternoon hours on February 21st, 2001, 20-year-old Raymondo Navarrete, who went by Raymond,

had been out in about running some errands around Phoenix when he decided to swing by his mom Debbie's house.

It was something that he did every couple of days or so since he'd recently moved out of her home on West Thomas Road.

As he and his buddy Michael pulled up to the one-story ranch, Raymond was a bit surprised to see

both Debbie and her boyfriend Alfonso's cars in the driveway because they were rarely there

at the same time. One of them

was usually working. Brushing off what didn't quite feel right, though, they started to walk

towards the front door. But as they approached the stoop, Raymond stopped dead in his tracks.

Here's Phoenix police detective Detective Mark Nunley.

So when he approached the door, the door was locked, but he noticed the window, which

was right next to the front door, was broken and that a large panel of it was removed.

So somebody could have easily climbed into the house through the window.

The two friends hesitantly made their way through the front door using Raymond's key,

and inside was more of the same.

Something was off.

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