Raul Alexander Cuevas Idaho man arrested in revenge murder of Jesus R. Urrutia, a day after his mother, Michelle E. Luna was stabbed to death. Victim was main suspect in son’s mother’s murder.
An eye for an eye? An Idaho man is accused of murdering the main suspect in his mother’s murder.
Raul Alexander Cuevas, 31, was taken into custody last Wednesday, a day after his 52-year-old mother, Michelle E. Luna, was found mortally wounded with multiple stab wounds at her Nampa residence, about 20 miles west of Boise, according to Law & Crime.
Authorities later identified Jesus R. Urrutia, 39, as a suspect in Luna’s killing because she knew him, and he was charged with first-degree murder. Some reports suggested Urrutia was Luna’s boyfriend.
Luna had ‘several stab wounds to her body’ when she was found, with the woman ultimately succumbing to her injuries.
The Nampa Police Department issued a press release last week stating that at around 8:45 p.m. March 28, officers and emergency medical services responded to a 911 call reporting Luna’s stabbing at a West Grouse Street residence.
No lost love
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office later reported that at approximately 7:03 a.m. the next day, there was a call of another stabbing victim, believed to be Urrutia, found at a gas station.
When Nampa police responded to the call they reportedly found Urrutia ‘slumped over in the car, which was running but in park.’
Police found Cuevas 20 miles away from the gas station, and he was subsequently arrested for allegedly murdering Urrutia in what police believe was an act of revenge for Luna’s killing.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office ruled that Urrutia’s death a homicide after he suffered from a ‘sharp force injury wound to the chest,’ according to cops.
Cuevas was charged with first-degree murder, though authorities have not officially determined a motive behind Urrutia’s death and said they are ‘still figuring out why Cuevas fatally stabbed Urrutia.’
The nature of Cuevas relationship with Urrutia wasn’t immediately clear.
