Update: Family members arrested in separate San Jose homicides
SAN JOSE -- Homicide detectives have determined family members were the prime suspects in the unrelated March 14 slaying of a San Jose woman in her home and the March 18 murder of a man in the 2500 block of Fontaine Rd.
San Jose police said 46-year-old Alejandro Mozo-Crisostomo has been booked into Santa Clara County jail for homicide in the March 14 death of his wife.
Mozo-Crisostomo reportedly admitted to investigators that he hit his wife after she struck him during an early-morning argument, and then he allegedly strangled her when she started screaming, according to a police synopsis of the investigation provided to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.
After the fight, Mozo-Crisostomo called two people and told them he believed he had just killed his wife, police said.
When officers first arrived at the home, Mozo-Crisostomo wasn't there but showed up a short time later saying he was dropping two of his children off at school. He then allowed officers into the home, where they found his wife on her back in bed, covered with a blanket, according to the police report.
The report notes that Mozo-Crisostomo was previously arrested in March 2012 in connection with "a domestic violence incident" involving his wife and that she alleged "multiple unreported incidents of domestic violence involving the suspect which included the suspect threatening to kill her and brandishing a knife at her."
It was the city's fifth homicide of 2023. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Martinez #3934 or Detective Ancelet #4173 of the San José Police Department's Homicide Unit via email: 3934@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4173@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.
On the morning of March 18, officers responded to the 2500 block of Fontaine Road on a report of a person down. When they arrived, they located an adult male who was not conscious and not breathing. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The preliminary investigation led detectives to a person of interest staying at a nearby motel. An adult male was detained, and it was discovered that he was the victim's son. He was subsequently arrested for homicide and will be identified in the coming days.
The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office after confirming the victim's identity and notifying the next of kin.
This was the city's sixth homicide of 2023.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Vallejo #3810 or Detective Harrington #4365 of the San José Police Department's Homicide Unit via email: 3810@sanjoseca.gov and/or 4365@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-277-5283.
