A violent brute shot his mother and father, teen sister and household canine to loss of life – and dragged their corpses to a ravine close to his New Mexico home to “bury them,” prosecutors alleged.
Adlai Mestre, 24, was indicted on three counts of first-degree homicide and animal cruelty this week for the heinous killings inside his Tijeras residence on Oct. 13, 2024, the Bernalillo County District Lawyer introduced.
Police responded to the grisly scene after reviews of gunfire and located Mestre exterior his residence, clutching a gun and a loaded journal, court docket papers obtained by McClatchy Information confirmed.
Mestre was reportedly scrambling to wash up the carnage when cops arrived – additionally discovering a hammer, a blood-stained meat tenderizer, together with gory drag marks and mop streaks on the ground.
The lifeless our bodies of his mother and father, Bertha Huerta Conde, 51, and Raymundo Mestre, 46, and his 17-year-old sister, Brielle Mestre, had been then found in a gorge close to the scene of the violent bloodbath, prosecutors mentioned.
“I killed them and was going to bury them,” Mestre informed officers whereas in custody, court docket paperwork confirmed, the outlet reported.
The suspect allegedly informed police he killed his father in the lounge and his mom as she walked down the steps – however claimed he “didn’t know” what occurred to his youthful sister, in keeping with the legal criticism.
Mestre later kicked and punched a gap by means of the wall of the interrogation room and briefly escaped earlier than being recaptured, video obtained by KOB4 captured.
In April, a choose dominated the disturbed man, who has a historical past of psychological sickness, was not competent to face trial, however reversed that call final month, KRQE reported.
He was additionally charged with three counts of tampering with proof within the triple murder.
