LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An indignant ex-boyfriend discovered his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend hiding in a closet and allegedly shot him execution-style, based on grand jury transcripts obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators.
Jonathan Romero, 34, then fled the nation after the homicide in 2008 and was arrested roughly 16 years later in Mexico, Las Vegas Metro police mentioned. The 8 Information Now Investigators first reported his return to the U.S.
Final week, a Clark County grand jury indicted Romero for homicide with a lethal weapon, tried homicide with a lethal weapon, and housebreaking whereas in possession of a lethal weapon.
On July 18, 2008, police discovered David Manriquez, 18, shot to demise at a house close to Lamb Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
Romero’s ex-girlfriend testified she stopped relationship Romero months earlier than the alleged homicide. She mentioned Romero confirmed up at her dwelling, pushed the door in, and ran upstairs.
“He looks into the room on the left and then he goes into the master bedroom and David was hiding, Davis Manriquez was hiding in the closet,” she testified. “He tries to stop him and then he shot him in the back of his head.”
She described a wrestle between the boys leading to a damaged glass door. Romero shot Manriquez a number of instances, together with at the back of the top, after which ran out of the home, she mentioned.
Retired Metro detective Barry Jensen described the crime scene.
“There was a blood trail that led from inside the house out the front door and down, I want to say, several blocks,” Jensen testified.
Chilly case investigator Terri Miller informed the panel {that a} warrant was issued for Romero in 2008. The FBI reached out to him in July of 2024 after the Legal Apprehension Crew had taken Romero into custody in Mexico.
Romero was not booked into the Clark County Detention Heart till final month, the place he stays with out bail.
An preliminary arraignment was scheduled for June 11.
