Overview

• Westchester County medical examiner confirmed that Mejia-Polanco, 33, died from gunshot wounds.
• She was found around 8 a.m. on Aug. 17 behind the wheel on the Cross County Parkway near the Broad Street exit in Mount Vernon.
• Police said preliminary findings indicate she was likely targeted and that the killing was not a random act.
• Detectives from the General Investigations Unit are leading the case with help from local, state and federal agencies, and no arrests have been announced.
• Mejia-Polanco, known online as Ariela La Langosta, had more than 550,000 Instagram followers, worked at New York nightlife venues including Opus Lounge and Ikon New York, and is survived by two children.