The suspected Stockton, California, serial killer made his first courtroom look Tuesday afternoon after police say he was apprehended whereas “out searching” for an additional sufferer this weekend.
Wesley Brownlee, a 43-year-old who police say is linked to 6 slayings, has been charged with three counts of homicide, with extra costs anticipated, San Joaquin County District Legal professional Tori Verber Salazar stated at a information convention Tuesday.
Cell information linked the suspect to areas close to the scenes of no less than three murders, officers revealed in courtroom, ABC Sacramento affiliate KXTV reported.
Brownlee was held with out bail, KXTV reported.
On this mugshot launched by the Stockton (CA) Police Division, Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, California is proven in a police reserving picture taken after his arrest on Oct. 15, 2022.
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“This particular person thought he may come to our neighborhood and do hurt — not in our home,” the district legal professional stated. “You don’t get to return into our home and do this sort of crime … and never assume that [the Stockton Police Department] just isn’t gonna … discover you and maintain you absolutely accountable.”
Brownlee was a truck driver and moved to Stockton this summer time, the district legal professional stated.
Authorities stated they zeroed in on Brownlee from ideas and supervised him as he allegedly prowled the streets for an additional sufferer. Brownlee was arrested early Saturday whereas he was driving, Stockton police chief Stanley McFadden stated.
Brownlee was apprehended whereas carrying darkish clothes and a masks round his neck, in accordance with McFadden. He was additionally armed with a gun, police stated.
“He was on a mission to kill. He was out searching,” McFadden stated in an announcement. “We’re positive we stopped one other killing.”
The six slayings — all deadly shootings of males — spanned from April 2021 to September 2022, in accordance with police.
5 of the six killings had been in Stockton; one was in Oakland, about 70 miles away. The entire shootings had been at evening or within the early morning.
Paul Alexander Yaw, 35, was one of many victims of a serial killer in Stockton, Calif.
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On this undated picture launched by the Lopez household, Lorenzo Lopez is proven.
Jerry Lopez Household
A seventh sufferer, a 46-year-old lady, was shot in April 2021 and survived her accidents, police stated.
A motive is not recognized.
The police chief stated the suspect was close to excellent in protecting up his tracks and being cautious.
“He did not make many errors. We all know he purposely stayed at nighttime,” McFadden stated Monday.
