LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 19-year-old accused of killing a person stored a journal with a pros-and-cons record about changing into a serial killer, prosecutors mentioned Friday.
A Clark County grand jury voted Thursday to indict Joshua Martinez on a cost of homicide with the usage of a lethal weapon, prosecutors introduced throughout a grand jury return listening to Friday. Martinez was beforehand in custody on an open homicide cost.
Martinez is accused of taking pictures a person within the early morning hours of Feb. 17 exterior of a enterprise within the 6800 block of North Durango Drive close to Deer Springs Means.
Martinez returned residence after the taking pictures and advised his mother and father what he did, however they believed he was drunk, prosecutor Nick Portz mentioned Friday. Martinez later looked for information articles concerning the taking pictures. A guardian additionally noticed information of the taking pictures on TV.
A number of hours after the homicide, an individual arrived on the crime scene and recognized Martinez because the particular person accountable, police mentioned. Officers arrested Martinez later that morning.
“They found a journal in his room with a pros-and-cons list about becoming a serial killer,” Portz mentioned.
Martinez remained in custody Friday. A decide declined to set bail after his arrest as a result of homicide cost.
