TIJERAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A 24-year-old man killed his family in Tijeras on Sunday, according to court documents. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 55 Young Road around 2:14 p.m. after the landlord who lived next door to the home reported hearing gunshots.
While at the home, deputies found Adlai Mestre with a gun, ammo, and covered in blood. While they detained Mestre, he unpromptedly admitted that he killed his family and was going to bury them, according to the criminal complaint.
“Adlai continued to make excited utterances and statements to deputies before detectives arrived. Once detectives arrived, they considered Adlai was making delusion statements,” said BCSO Sheriff John Allen at a news conference on Monday.
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Deputies discovered Mestre’s father, Raymundo, 46, mother, Bertha, 51, and 17-year-old sister, Breille, facedown in a ravine about 50 yards from the house. Mestre told deputies in an interview that he killed his family in the home, dragged the bodies outside, and tried cleaning up.