Las Cruces Police have arrested a Roswell man suspected in Friday night’s fatal stabbing on the 2100 block of west Picacho Avenue.
Rodolfo Martinez, 35, of the 6200 block of Wild Road in Roswell, N.M., is charged with an open count of murder and one count of tampering with evidence.
Police were dispatched to the report of a stabbing shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, in the parking lot of the Western Inn at 2155 W. Picacho Ave. Officers located 46-year-old Christopher Wray suffering from multiple stab wounds. Wray was transported to Mountainview Regional Medical Center where he died early Saturday morning.
Detectives learned that Martinez and Wray appeared to be know each other and were seen by witnesses walking together near the apartment complex. At some point, the two men got into a fight and Martinez is alleged to have used a sharp-edged object – either a knife, scissors or some other type of bladed item – to stab Wray multiple times.
Witnesses told officers that Martinez then fled from the area. Officers located Martinez a short distance away and he was taken into custody within the hour.
Martinez was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where he is currently being held without bond.
Information from Las Cruces Police