Hupperterz's father, Octavio Celso Hupperterz, was fatally shot in January 1993. The family at the time lived in Germantown. A Mexican immigrant, the father, 32, was found dead in a storage lot in Springfield, Montgomery County, wrapped in a trash bag with his hands tied, shot in the back of the head. No one has been arrested and the case remains open, according to a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. The father, who managed a restaurant, had survived a previous shooting in 1989.