Raul Lozano
Raul Lozano’s 2004 Murder in Amarillo Remains Unsolved
Raul Lozano was sitting on a couch inside an Amarillo mobile home when someone entered and shot him in the head on the afternoon of September 22, 2004. More than two decades later, no one has been publicly charged with killing the 31-year-old tortilla-factory worker.
Lozano was temporarily living with two friends and their child at the Wagon Wheel Mobile Home Park, 7003 E. Amarillo Boulevard. He was home alone when the shooting occurred in the living room. Investigators found no evidence of a fight or struggle, and the shot appeared to have been fired from some distance away.
A neighbor discovered Lozano still alive but gravely wounded. She saw him sitting on the couch and blood on the wall before running from the home and screaming for help. Lozano subsequently died from his injury.
Nothing appeared to have been stolen, and the killer took the firearm from the scene. Those circumstances led investigators to suspect a personal motive, although they could not identify anyone who had a known reason to harm Lozano.
Residents reported seeing a vehicle leave the mobile-home park at high speed shortly after the shooting, but police were unable to locate it. No detailed description of the vehicle was made public.
Friends described Lozano as a quiet, hardworking man who returned home directly after work and rarely went out—even on weekends. He was going through a divorce and had been staying with his friends for approximately two months. Shortly before his death, according to family friend Susie Sanchez, Lozano learned that his girlfriend was pregnant with his child.
Sanchez remembered his bedroom as orderly and largely undecorated, except for some letters, a few photographs and a Bible near his bed. She described Lozano as deeply religious. His roommates moved from the home shortly after the murder because they could no longer bear living at the scene, and the property owner later demolished the mobile home.
In a 2009 review of Amarillo’s unsolved homicides, Potter-Randall Special Crimes Lt. Gary Trupe said investigators could not determine why Lozano would have been targeted. Lozano had little money, no known enemies and limited English proficiency. Police believed the case could be solved if someone with knowledge of the killing came forward.[1]
No subsequent arrest or resolution could be found in publicly available reporting. Anyone with information may contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers anonymously at 806-374-4400.
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