Suspected Stockton serial killer charged with a few counts of murder

STOCKTON — Times after a 43-yr-old Stockton guy was arrested in connection with a 6 allegedly related homicides in Stockton and Oakland, prosecutors have billed him with 3 of the killings,

Wesley Brownlee, a Bay Space native and Stockton resident, was charged Tuesday with murdering Juan Cruz, Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, and Lorenzo Lopez, who is discovered in courtroom records as Lawrence Lopez. Prosecutors have not mentioned why Brownlee has only been billed with fifty percent the killings that police publicly linked him to in excess of the weekend.

Brownlee is because of in court docket Tuesday afternoon for an arraignment right before San Joaquin Superior Court Decide Ronald Northup, court records present. Brownlee is also charged with getting a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Authorities stated throughout the investigation that five 2022 homicides and Stockton and 1 in Oakland, in 2021, appeared to have the identical factual patterns and that the identical gun was utilised in all 6. A seventh Stockton capturing in April 2021, where a 46-yr-aged female was wounded but survived, was also related, authorities explained.

Law enforcement pointed out that the bulk of the victims ended up of Latino descent, suggesting a racist motive, but have not publicly stated what they believe that enthusiastic Brownlee to destroy. They allege that Brownlee would generate all over early in the early morning “hunting” for victims. He was arrested for the duration of a 2 a.m. visitors halt in Stockton with a mask and a gun, in the automobile, law enforcement explained.

Court docket data demonstrate Brownlee grew up in an Oakland condominium a limited length from wherever law enforcement assert he fatally shot Juan Vasquez Serrano, 40, on April 10, 2021. He was also arrested in the neighborhood a few periods over 20 a long time for offering crack cocaine. In the same neighborhood, in 1995, Brownlee’s brother and family close friend ended up killed six months aside in what police called “drug related” homicides.

Stockton and Oakland authorities have determined the Stockton victims as: Paul Yaw, 35, killed July 8, 2022 in Stockton Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, killed Aug. 11, 2022 in Stockton Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, killed Aug. 30, 2022 in Stockton Juan Cruz, 52, killed Sept. 21, 2022 in Stockton and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, killed Sept. 27, 2022 in Stockton.