Crime & Safety
Man Convicted For 2012 Stabbing, Beating Death Of Tucson Man
Jose Javier Aleman-Rodriguez was convicted by a jury Friday in the 2012 fatal stabbing and beating of Roberto Castro-Coronado in Tucson.
TUCSON, AZ — Jose Javier Aleman-Rodriguez, 37, was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury Friday in the 2012 stabbing and beating death of Roberto Castro-Coronado in the victim’s residence on the south side of Tucson.
Castro-Coronado’s lifeless body was found by police in his living room in November 2012.
In 2013, lab results indicated that Aleman-Rodriguez’s DNA was found on a bleach bottle in Castro-Coronado’s residence. In 2017, a lab once again identified Aleman-Rodriguez’s DNA on crime scene evidence, this time on a knife handle and in blood collected at the victim’s residence.
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In December 2018, Aleman-Rodriguez was booked into the Pinal County Jail in connection with an outstanding warrant for Castro-Coronado’s murder.
After his arrest, Aleman-Rodriguez claimed he was a marijuana runner between southern Arizona and Mexico who never harmed Castro-Coronado, to whom he had delivered marijuana previously.
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He will be sentenced Jan. 3.
Read the full story at the Arizona Daily Star.
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