Two younger males have been charged within the homicide of their teenage cousin in a heartbreaking twist after his physique was discovered wrapped in a blanket on the facet of a Connecticut freeway on Saturday — simply days earlier than his nineteenth birthday.
Police say Edgar Josué Chiche Martínez was dumped on the facet of Pope Park Freeway in Hartford after he was shot contained in the condo he shared together with his cousins, NBC Connecticut reported.
The teenager’s 17-year-old male cousin has been charged with homicide and tampering with proof, whereas one other cousin, 21-year-old Sender Soto-Veliz, has been charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with proof.
Authorities decided Martínez was fatally shot contained in the shared condo on Saturday, about 24 hours earlier than his physique was discovered wrapped in a comforter on the facet of the freeway, WTNH reported.
Martínez’s household informed NBC they imagine the homicide was motivated by cash.
His aunt, Verónica Imelda Martínez Mayen mentioned that her nephew was not one to get into bother.
“He stayed away from parties, [he was] very friendly,” she mentioned.
Martínez, who graduated from Hartford Excessive College this previous spring, would have turned 19 on Thursday.
His aunt mentioned the household knew one thing was fallacious when he failed to point out up for work on Thursday and Friday, whereas his sister described him as a caring individual, a tough employee, and a terrific huge brother.
“I’m going to remember him as the most beautiful person I could’ve ever known,” his sister, Nimsa Martínez, mentioned.
Martínez’s dad and mom are in Guatemala. His household in Connecticut hopes to ship his physique there for burial.
Police mentioned Soto-Veliz, who’s being held on $500,000 bond, will likely be arraigned in courtroom Wednesday morning, and the juvenile charged will likely be transferred to grownup courtroom.
