South Bay Homicide Suspect Arrested

SAN JOSÉ, CA — A South Bay suspect was arrested Thursday in connection with the killing of a 26-year-old woman earlier this year, San José police said Monday.

Dagoberto Flores-Rogel, 39 of San José, was arrested on suspicion of homicide and booked into Santa Clara County main jail, police said.

Officers at around 7:15 Feb. 24 responded to the 3000 block of Driftwood Drive on the report of someone finding a dead body, police said.

Officers and arriving paramedics found an unresponsive woman at the residence who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Santa Clara County Coroner's Office autopsy revealed the victim suffered suspicious injuries, police said.

“Based on the Coroner's Office investigation, the case was deemed a homicide,” police said.

The motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

The homicide was the 12th such reported case of 2022, police said.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Sergeant White #4104 or Detective Reckas #3440 of the San José Police Department’s Homicide unit at 408-277-5283, or via email: 4104@sanjoseca.gov and/or 3440@sanjoseca.gov

Crime tips can be submitted anonymously by using the P3TIPS mobile app, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on www.svcrimestoppers.org. Anyone who submits information that leads to an arrest is eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.