Man suspected of being the Stockton serial killer is charged with three murders
Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, 31, and Jose Rios-Aguirre, 28, appeared in court Saturday after being charged with three counts of murder after they were connected to four separate, unsolved cases over the past several years.
An arrest affidavit says investigators with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office believe Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, pictured here in a photo taken April 18, 2018, is the serial killer dubbed the Stockton Killer and they now have motive for that belief.
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Orange County police say the suspect in the Stockton and Alameda County killings has a motive. Investigators say the suspect is Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, left, who they believe is the serial killer dubbed the Stockton Killer and who they believe has been targeting women for 14 years.
Orange County police say the suspect in the Stockton and Alameda County killings has a motive. Investigators say the suspect is Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, left, who they believe is the serial killer dubbed the Stockton Killer and who they believe has been targeting women for 14 years.
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Orange County police say the suspect in the Stockton and Alameda County killings has a motive. Investigators say the suspect is Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, left, who they believe is the serial killer dubbed the Stockton Killer and who they believe has been targeting women for 14 years.
Photo: Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Suspect in Stockton serial killings charged with four murders
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SANTA CLARA — A suspect charged with three murders is also accused of killing three other women in recent years, and authorities hope to make an arrest in those slayings soon.
A probable cause statement filed Friday accuses Santiago Rodriguez-Martinez, 31, of killing three women over an eight-month period in the Stockton and El Monte area in El Monte in December 2016, March 2017 and April 2018.
Rodriguez-Martinez appeared before a judge Saturday afternoon and was charged with three counts of murder. Court documents say Rodriguez-Martinez killed two women in the El Monte area on Dec. 29, 2016 and two women in the Stockton area on March 1, 2017. Prosecutors