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Cochise County arrest is suspect's second capture
Derek Jordan
wick communications
A man arrested in Cochise County on a murder warrant had previously been arrested in the crime but the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence, the Pinal County Attorney's Office said.
Fredrick G. Nunez, 32, was arrested in the 500 block of East Fifth Street in Bowie by the U.S. Marshals Service with assistance from the Cochise County Sheriff's Office on a first-degree murder warrant out of Pinal County Superior Court.
The charge stems from the stabbing death of Daniel Pena of Casa Grande, according to the Superior Police Department. The crime is believed to be gang-related, police said.
On March 14, 2009, the Superior Police Department located the body of a man in the White Hills of Superior. An autopsy later confirmed the body was that of Pena, a 2009 news release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office states.
The sheriff's office and Superior police conducted a joint investigation and two search warrants were served on March 27, 2009, in Superior, which resulted in the arrests of Nunez and Victor Duarte, 45. At the time, evidence connected to the crime was recovered from both their residences, according to the release.
Nunez was charged with first-degree murder and illegally disposing of human remains and Duarte was charged with first-degree murder, destruction of evidence and illegally disposing of human remains.
At some later date, Nunez was released from custody, said Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the Pinal County Attorney's Office.
"At the time, we did not have enough evidence to proceed," Kalaitzidis said.
The charges against Duarte were eventually dropped, as well.
The investigation into Pena's death continued, however, and on April 20, 2010, more than a year after he was initially arrested, a warrant was issued for Nunez's arrest, said Sarah Hernandez, deputy clerk of the Pinal County Superior Court.
On June 15, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the U.S. Marshal's Warrant Apprehension Network and Targeted Enforcement Detail (WANTED), and informed of Nunez's location at a relative's residence in Bowie, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
Later that afternoon, Nunez was transported to the Pinal County Jail, where he remains on a $1 million bond.
Nunez's criminal history in Pinal County goes back to 2001 and includes assault, inciting a riot, aggravated assault with serious physical injury, criminal trespassing and more, said Lt. Tamatha Villar, public information officer for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
wick communications
A man arrested in Cochise County on a murder warrant had previously been arrested in the crime but the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence, the Pinal County Attorney's Office said.
Fredrick G. Nunez, 32, was arrested in the 500 block of East Fifth Street in Bowie by the U.S. Marshals Service with assistance from the Cochise County Sheriff's Office on a first-degree murder warrant out of Pinal County Superior Court.
The charge stems from the stabbing death of Daniel Pena of Casa Grande, according to the Superior Police Department. The crime is believed to be gang-related, police said.
On March 14, 2009, the Superior Police Department located the body of a man in the White Hills of Superior. An autopsy later confirmed the body was that of Pena, a 2009 news release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office states.
The sheriff's office and Superior police conducted a joint investigation and two search warrants were served on March 27, 2009, in Superior, which resulted in the arrests of Nunez and Victor Duarte, 45. At the time, evidence connected to the crime was recovered from both their residences, according to the release.
Nunez was charged with first-degree murder and illegally disposing of human remains and Duarte was charged with first-degree murder, destruction of evidence and illegally disposing of human remains.
At some later date, Nunez was released from custody, said Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the Pinal County Attorney's Office.
"At the time, we did not have enough evidence to proceed," Kalaitzidis said.
The charges against Duarte were eventually dropped, as well.
The investigation into Pena's death continued, however, and on April 20, 2010, more than a year after he was initially arrested, a warrant was issued for Nunez's arrest, said Sarah Hernandez, deputy clerk of the Pinal County Superior Court.
On June 15, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the U.S. Marshal's Warrant Apprehension Network and Targeted Enforcement Detail (WANTED), and informed of Nunez's location at a relative's residence in Bowie, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
Later that afternoon, Nunez was transported to the Pinal County Jail, where he remains on a $1 million bond.
Nunez's criminal history in Pinal County goes back to 2001 and includes assault, inciting a riot, aggravated assault with serious physical injury, criminal trespassing and more, said Lt. Tamatha Villar, public information officer for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
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