According to Sergeant Heather Randol with the San Jose Police Department, “The San Jose Police Department is investigating the City’s 36th homicide of 2013.”
On September 7 a call to the SJPD dispatch center reported that a woman had been stabbed near the 600 block of Dakota Drive in San Jose. SJPD officers responding to the scene arrived to find a female victim suffering from a life threatening stab wound. Paramedics were called in, however the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police found the victim stabbed at a home on Dakota Drive
Randol said, “Upon arrival, patrol officers located the victim, later identified as 39 year old Martha Casillas of San Jose.”
Patrolling officers were able to quickly gather information that later identified a possible male suspect who had fled the scene minutes before officers arrived. Information provided by witnesses at the home, located at 668 Dakota Drive, identified a known male suspect who had been at the home prior to the stabbing.
The suspect in this case has been identified as 40-year-old construction worker Mario Chavez Oregel. Oregel was arrested near the Los Lagos Golf Course, located at 2995 Tuers Road, on September 8 at 8:43 a.m. His arrest by San Jose Police was just ten hours after the stabbing occurred.
“San Jose Police arrested the suspect and booked him into the Santa Clara County Jail for homicide,” Randol said. The suspect has been charged with PC 187, Felony Murder, and PC 12022.1 (A) (1), in which the defendant was released from custody on bail or on his own recognizance for a felony offense prior to committing the new offense.
According to reports by the police, circumstances’ surrounding the victim’s death are currently under investigation by homicide detectives and the Santa Clara District Attorneys Office. The next court appearance by the defendant will be held in Dept 46 at 9:00 am at the Superior Court in San Jose.
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