Jose Gutierrez Montoya was an architect born in Mexico and based in Ohio, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was originally from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2. He is the oldest of seven siblings. Among his siblings are Miguel Gutierrez, Grissi Gutiérrez and Brandie Gutierrez.
3. He lived in Hamilton, Ohio. He served as a volunteer board member on the city’s Architectural Design Review Board.
4. From 2006 to 2015, he attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in architecture.
5. From June 2013 to May 2015, he was a Miami University graduate assistant.
6. From January 2016 to March 2019, he worked for Shepley Bulfinch in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as an architect.
7. In February 2018. he joined Build Health International in Boston as an architect.
8. In February 2020, he joined Champlin/Haupt Architects in Cincinnati, Ohio as an architectural project coordinator.
9. On February 14, 2022, he and Daniela Marquez Pichardo got engaged. She is Daniel Marquez and Rosa Pichardo‘s daughter.
10. On December 22, 2022, he was at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, USA and left for Zacatecas, Mexico to visit Daniela in Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. They planned to get married before 2024.
11. On December 25, 2022, he, Pichardo, her sister Viviana Marquez Pichardo and the sisters’ cousin Irma Paola Vargas Montoya travelled in a van, ate at a bar in Viboras, Zacatecas from around 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and went missing.
12. On January 16, 2023, he, Daniela, Viviana and Vargas were found dead and buried next to their van with 12 bullet holes, flat tires and an activated passenger-side airbag near the towns of Víboras and Tepetongo, Zacatecas.
13. He died at age 36. On January 24, 2023, his parents went to pick up his remains.