Raul Alexander Cuevas (Ada County Sheriff’s Office)
A 31-year-old man in Idaho has been arrested after he allegedly killed a man police had identified as the prime suspect in his mother’s murder – which only took place the day before – in a likely revenge killing. Raul Alexander Cuevas was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 39-year-old Jesus R. Urrutia.
The tragic case began with the fatal stabbing of Cuevas’ mother, Michelle E. Luna, 52, on Tuesday night. At the time of the murders, the victims and Cuevas resided in the Nampa area, about 20 miles west of Boise.
According to a news release from the Nampa Police Department, officers and emergency medical services at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28 responded to a 911 call regarding the reported assault of an adult female at a residence in the 2100 block of W Grouse Street.
Upon arriving at the scene, first responders say they located the victim inside the house who appeared to have suffered “several stab wounds to his body”. Doctors attempted to save the victim’s life, but she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim was identified as Luna, who was the resident of the house, and investigators were quickly able to identify Urrutia as the prime suspect in her murder. Authorities say Urrutia “was known” to Luna, and multiple law enforcement agencies were alerted in an effort to locate him that evening.
However, Nampa PD at around 7:03 a.m. responded to a call from an Ada County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher regarding another stabbing victim – this time an adult male – believed to be Urrutia, the ACSO said in a statement. Press.
Officers arrived at the scene of the crime – the parking lot of an Avimor gas station more than 25 miles from Nampa – and found Urrutia inside a vehicle in the parking lot.
Police said Urrutia was “slumped in the car, which was driving but in the park”. First responders removed Urrutia from the vehicle and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Doctors transported Urrutia to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injury and was pronounced dead shortly after 8 a.m., the statement said.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office determined Urrutia’s death was a homicide caused by an “acute chest injury”, authorities said.
Later that day, ACSO deputies located Cuevas – the prime suspect in Urrutia’s death – at a gas station about 20 miles south of where Urrutia had been stabbed. Deputies collected evidence from Cuevas and his car before placing him under arrest and transporting him to the Ada County Jail.
Although Urrutia is suspected of killing Cuevas’ mother, investigators say they are “still trying to figure out why Cuevas fatally stabbed Urrutia.”
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