And while police have two more murders to solve, they've made an arrest for the killing of 29 year-old Hubert Bodden.
He's 19 year Ernesto Vasquez, aka "Neto", who was arraigned on the charge of murder when he appeared today before Magistrate Herbert Panton. Vasquez was remanded into custody until April 17.
Bodden was shot and killed around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, while he was on Cedar Street, located behind Habet and Habet Hardware Store. According to reports, Bodden was mistakenly shot by a bullet that was intended for a man who had fled from the scene.
But, the family of the accused man are convinced that police have got it wrong. Ernesto Vasquez's mother visited our office about an hour ago, and she told us that police have a history facebook messages, which precise GPS and time stamps which show that he was at his girlfriend's house at the time of this murder. She says that police are ignoring the evidence, and they're jailing an innocent man. Here's her impassioned plea for his immediate release:
Gloria Carr, Mother of Accused
"He is clean little young boy, 19 years old and they took him to prison for a thing that he didn't do. I never knew that I would be coming next for my child who wasn't there. It hurts me because he is the only one I have. I have another son, but he has a family, but I don't mess with him as much like I how deal with my little boy because when I am sick, he is there for me. He doesn't turn me down. I trouble with my heart and kidneys - I have pressure. I am here to say that my son is an innocent child. The young man that they have right now at the "pisshouse," they haven't charge him yet and he is there from Sunday. My son is there from Thursday and today makes 5 days. Sunday they charge him for murder."
Voice of: Friend of Accused
"If you are picked up for a crime that you are said to be involved in or committed to, how would you take me to the station and then tell me that I am involved in such incident, when you found me at my girlfriend's house? For one, if I am on facebook, there is this little thing on facebook that is called GPS. It can pinpoint where you are at and if you check his facebook, it lines up with the time and your location on it. When you found him, he was with his girlfriend and he told you that he was taking pictures with her and he can show you that on his phone and they have it on paper. That should be able to tell you something, if I don't know anything about what you are telling me about. That is a clear indication that I was not involved in the said act."
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