EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Police documents reveal that the man found dead in a Lower Valley canal and the man investigators believe shot and killed him were related, lived together, but couldn’t stand each other.
Benjamin Jacob Perez, 32, was arrested and booked into the El Paso County Downtown Jail on Saturday, as investigators believe he shot and killed Rogelio Guillermo Suarez, 19, after Suarez’s body was found on March 3, in a canal in the Lower Valley, on the 7500 block of Green Valley Place, near the home where the two lived.
According to police documents, Perez and Suarez were related as Perez’s dad told investigators Suarez was his daughter-in-law’s son…