A needed Oklahoma man has been extradited from Mexico and is now dealing with first-degree homicide prices in Tulsa for the alleged 2017 capturing of his estranged spouse.
Jose Gomez-Baca was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals June 27 after Interpol obtained a tip that led legislation enforcement to him.
The person was arrested with out incident as he left his job at a machine store in Tecomán, Colima, Deputy U.S. Marshal John Gage informed FOX 23 in Oklahoma.
“U.S. Marshals traveled all the way down to Mexico Metropolis, and our Mexico Metropolis discipline workplace had him prepped and prepared with the Mexican authorities. And we flew again industrial with him,” Gage informed the outlet.
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Jose Gomez-Baca, 31, fled after allegedly capturing his spouse lifeless June 22, 2017. After six years on the run, he was situated within the Mexican state of Colima in June and arrested as he walked out of his job at a machine store. (Tulsa Police Division )
The 31-year-old was booked into Tulsa County Jail Tuesday, in keeping with on-line inmate data.
Gomez-Baca stands accused of capturing 26-year-old Elizabeth Rodriguez whereas she sat in a automobile exterior her house on June 22, 2017, per a press launch from the Tulsa Police Division.
The estranged husband “shocked his spouse [by shooting her] as she arrived in a automobile along with her household,” police informed the Tulsa World on the time of the alleged homicide.
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Rodriguez’s relations informed KTUL the lady’s mom and brother had been within the automobile when the deadly pictures had been fired.
“I used to be in my bed room asleep, and my brother went in there and woke me up and informed me our sister is exterior dying,” her brother, Gilberto Rodriguez, informed the outlet. “I obtained up and stated, ‘How? What occurred to her?’ And he stated he shot her.”
Gomez-Baca was booked into the Tulsa County Jail, pictured, to await trial on first-degree homicide prices Tuesday. (Google Maps)
When he obtained exterior, he stated, his “mother was within the white automobile holding her [head] in her palms, and I checked out my sister and he or she was all shot up.”
The couple’s kids had been reportedly inside the home when Rodriguez was shot within the driveway.
“Their mom is gone, and their dad is gone,” Gilberto Rodriguez stated. “They’ll by no means see both of them once more. I really like them each with all my coronary heart, and I can’t consider their father would do that to my sister — his spouse — and never even take into consideration his children.”
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Gomez-Baca then allegedly drove off in a grey 2004 Dodge Ram with an Oklahoma license plate quantity armed with a pistol and shotgun. However he evaded authorities till this summer time.
The day earlier than he allegedly killed his spouse, Gomez-Baca referred to as police round 11:30 p.m. to report Rodriguez lacking. However murder Det. Dave Walker informed KTUL on the time police believed she “voluntarily left” Gomez-Baca attributable to issues of their relationship.
In response to detectives, sufferer Elizabeth Rodriguez was sitting within the again seat of a automobile within the 8000 block of East 2nd Road close to Memorial Drive, pictured, when she was shot. (Google Road View)
Gomez-Baca has not but retained an lawyer. It’s unclear when he’s scheduled to be arraigned.
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“It is at all times a aid to catch the man or the lady,” Gage informed FOX 23 of the arrest. “I feel it is a greater aid for the household that he is now in custody, and he’ll be delivered to justice via the appropriate means.”
Oklahoma fugitive charged in spouse’s homicide hauled house from Mexico after six years on the run
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