A California man has been arrested and charged with homicide after his roommate was discovered buried of their yard.
On Friday, Oct. 18, the Riverside Police Division (RPD) introduced in a press release that officers arrested 48-year-old Richard Thomas Martinez after they found human stays within the yard of his house.
On Tuesday, Oct. 15 at round 7:45 p.m. native time, officers had been known as to a Riverside house on the 8700 block of Sylvan Drive within the Arlanza neighborhood after receiving experiences that one of many house’s residents, 31-year-old Bradley Minder, had not “been seen or heard from for a number of days,” which prompted them to go looking the house.
After his arrest, murder detectives booked Martinez into the Robert Presley Detention Middle on fees of felony first-degree homicide and homicide with malice, Riverside County inmate data present.
“Throughout their preliminary investigation, officers realized that one of many occupants had made statements claiming he killed his roommate,” police wrote. “That occupant was detained, and a search of the property revealed a doable crime scene within the yard.”
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Due to the case’s “suspicious circumstances,” the RPD stated that cadaver canines, detectives from the robbery-homicide unit and specialists from the forensics unit responded to help with the investigation within the yard.
The cadaver canines indicated to investigators that there was freshly disturbed soil within the yard, police stated, and detectives started digging within the space, the place they discovered human stays.
The Riverside Sheriff-Coroner’s Workplace later recognized the sufferer as Minder, police added.
“Their preliminary investigation revealed the sufferer and suspect are roommates,” RPD alleged. “Throughout an altercation, the suspect killed Mr. Minder then buried his physique within the yard of their house.”
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Martinez made his preliminary courtroom look on Oct. 18 at a Riverside courthouse.
Police added that the investigation continues to be ongoing and ask that anybody with further details about the investigation contact Detective Ricky Barajas at (951) 353-7213 or EBarajas@RiversideCA.gov, or Detective Richard Glover at (951) 353-7134 or RGlover@RiversideCA.gov.
Anybody with info who needs to stay nameless can contact the division by means of the Atlas 1 app.
