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[^1]\n\nThe victims, including Jonathan Melendez, his pregnant wife Ana Paola, their three-year-old daughter, and a 21-year-old domestic worker, were found dead in an apartment in Bosques Esmeralda on September 1, 2026. [^2]\n\nA six-year-old child was the only survivor located with life after the multihomicide of Jonathan Meléndez, a keyboardist for the group Camilo Séptimo, and his family in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. [^3]\n\nA video circulating on social media shows the moments prior to the murder of Jonathan Meléndez and three members of his family in a building in the Bosques Esmeralda neighborhood of Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. [^4]\n\nJonathan Melendez, 38, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter, and a 21-year-old housekeeper were found dead inside the residence. [^5]\n\nTwo suspects were transferred to the Special Affairs Prosecutor's Office (FAE) in Toluca regarding the massacre of musician Jonathan Meléndez. [^6]\n\nAleyda Romero, a 21-year-old domestic worker and caregiver, was killed in a mass shooting at the home of musician Jonathan Meléndez in the Grand Viure neighborhood of Atizapán, State of Mexico. [^7]\n\nMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Thursday that federal support is being offered to the family of musician Jonathan Meléndez, a member of the band Camilo Séptimo, who was killed on Tuesday. [^8]\n\nFiscalía General de Justicia del Estado de México (FGJEM) identified Diego Sebastián 'N', a business partner of musician Jonathan Meléndez, as the orchestrator of a premeditated mass murder of Meléndez's family in the Zona Esmeralda neighborhood of Atizapán. [^9]\n\nJonathan Meléndez was killed in the living room after a dispute over a supposed debt of 300,000 pesos, using a 9mm silenced firearm that was never recovered. [^10]\n\nThe attacker killed Ana Paola and their three-year-old daughter in the master bedroom, binding them and shooting them in the head, while muzzling the family dog to prevent barking. [^11]\n\nJonathan Meléndez, known as 'Honas' and an ex-member of the band Camilo Séptimo, was murdered along with his family in their apartment in Zona Esmeralda, Atizapán. 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