California man kills co-worker over alleged affair with wife: report

A California man mentioned he beat his co-worker to dying as a result of he believed that the colleague was having an affair along with his spouse, in keeping with a report.

Jose Gutierrez-Rosales, 49, allegedly beat Hector Javier Castaneda Vasquez, 56, with an irrigation pipe whereas the 2 had been working collectively on April 18, in keeping with particulars concerning the killing that had been revealed this week.

“We had been there choosing up the pipes,” he mentioned to Kern County Sheriff’s investigators, in keeping with KGET, citing court docket paperwork. “I ate about two tacos, and I felt my physique like unusual, after which impulsively, I grabbed the pipe, and I simply began going at him.”

“That is for getting concerned with my household,” Gutierrez-Rosales reportedly mentioned he instructed Vasquez as he stored hitting him.

The sufferer was pronounced useless on the scene. He suffered facial fractures and cuts to his face and again of his head. A number of of Vasquez’s tooth had been additionally knocked out, in keeping with KGET, citing paperwork.

Gutierrez-Rosales claimed his co-workers made enjoyable of him over the alleged affair earlier than he carried out the assault. He argued “they provoked all of this,” KGET reported.

However it stays unclear if he was even married, in keeping with the court docket paperwork. The information station reported an unidentified lady instructed authorities she and the Gutierrez-Rosales had been in a three-month relationship however stopped seeing one another earlier than the killing. She talked about he had anger points.

Witnesses and associates pointed to Gutierrez-Rosales because the killer and he was arrested on April 28 and charged with first-degree homicide, in keeping with KGET.

After Vasquez’s dying, Gutierrez fled in his automobile, however ultimately deserted the automobile and started strolling to Bakersfield, in keeping with court docket paperwork, KGET reported.

He requested God for forgiveness and began chopping himself with a field cutter, the tv station reported.

He instructed investigators if he needed to run he would have escaped to Mexico.

“I’m going to come clean with it like a person,” he reportedly mentioned.