There’s always that case that got away, the one with loose ends and a lack of closure that plagues those who investigate it.

For James Butler, a partner in a prestigious boutique law firm in Orange County, that case is the 1985 murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena in Guadalajara, Mexico. The case has been looked at and analyzed for many years, but James can’t escape the nagging feeling that maybe the investigators missed something. The more James digs into this cold case, the more unwanted attention he gathers from influential forces on both sides of the border that would much rather keep this case closed and the truth hidden.

Someone Had to Die follows a fictional lawyer as he digs into the true story of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s abduction and murder in 1985, including interviews and facts never before published.