The bodies of a California mother of three and her 19-year-old son were found dead by her daughter days before the family was set to celebrate Christmas.
Alicia Montejano, 43, and her son Reuel Huerta were found brutally beaten inside an apartment complex on the 2500 block of Belleview Ave in Stockton, Calif. on Dec. 23.
Julio Caesar Valdez, 38, is accused of leaving the battered bodies inside the apartment, roughly 51 miles south of Sacramento, before fleeing the area in a gray four-door sedan, the Stockton Police Department said.
Valdez, the boyfriend of Montejano, was described as dangerous as his alleged victims’ grieving family members have uncovered the checkered past of the suspected murderer including his past abuses, KCRA reported.
It was unclear if there was a restraining order against Valdez, but police say he did not force his way into the apartment.