A 34-year-old Corpus Christi man was arrested this week in connection with a fatal stabbing last week on the city’s westside after detectives obtained a murder warrant outlining a witness account of the killing, according to court documents.
Jerry Lee Alvarez was taken into custody July 21 after Robbery Homicide detectives identified him as a suspect and obtained the warrant, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department news release. He was taken to the main police station for questioning and then booked into the City Detention Center. His bond is set at $1 million.
The stabbing occurred about 9:45 p.m. July 16 in the 1700 block of 18th Street, police said. Officers found the victim, 56-year-old Jose Davila, unresponsive on the kitchen floor of an apartment with a stab wound to his upper left abdomen, according to an arrest affidavit…