Death of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada

At 6:15 pm on November 28, 2009, Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada fled his parents' house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during a blizzard while reportedly suffering from hallucinations. He was barefoot, wearing only a navy blue hoodie and light blue pants, and did not take his keys or his car. His mother said that he was hearing voices telling him to eat sugar, and believed that his heart was beating too hard and that eating sugar would stop it from beating so hard. At the time of his disappearance, Murillo-Moncada was an employee of a local branch of the No Frills supermarket chain, which was located less than a mile () from his home, although he was not scheduled to work on the day that he disappeared. His mother, Ana, said that the day before he disappeared he had returned home from working a Thanksgiving shift and seemed disoriented. Murillo-Moncada's father, Victor Murillo, said that he and his wife, along with friends, had searched for their son the morning after his disappearance but had found no evidence of his whereabouts. ==Discovery==

Murillo-Moncada's body was discovered on the morning of January 24, 2019, by contractors removing the freezer units in the former No Frills store, which had been vacant since 2016. The remains were not identified as Murillo-Moncada until July, 6 months after they were discovered. The blue clothing found on the body also matched the description of what he was wearing on the day that he disappeared. It was also not uncommon for employees to enter and exit the store even when they were not on their shifts. The cooler was located in a back room of the store and was not in public view. Sergeant Brandon Danielson, who had been assigned to investigate Murillo-Moncada's disappearance in 2009, said that his mother had long suspected that he did not leave the store on the day he went missing. Police had contacted other law enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as Murillo-Moncada had previously been deported to Honduras before returning to the United States. During the initial investigation in 2009, police had also visited the No Frills store where Murillo-Moncada's body lay undiscovered, but had left without further investigation after his boss told them that he had not seen him and he was not scheduled to work that day. ==References==