Police Report - Estaban Valenzuela murder

Officer Report for D.R. 241122068

Page 22 of 196

I did notice several family members gathering around the residence of

I made contact

with

mother and family members inside. I spoke with her and gathered background

information for

Aroura

provided consent for photographs and a search of her

sons room.

Aroura stated that her son used to attend However, due to being in trouble for using vapes and constant fighting, he was withdrawn and was attending an online school. Aroura did state her son was currently on probation for a gun violation and has been for approximately the last 6 months. did not have current employment, although the family stated he was trying to find a local place of employment. I asked if he received an allowance, and she stated he did not get one. Aroura did advise that his biological father is not in his life, and he lives in Mexico. I asked Aroura how was getting money. Aroura stated the day before she was going to church in Chandler and she believes she left around 630 pm and came back to the residence around 830pm. She stated she knew a friend of was at the house in the bathroom when she left. She stated that she believed his name was (later learned to be She did not see him. She stated she did not see any other friends of at the house and was not familiar with any other friend group. She denied ever seeing a juvenile female at her house. I did note cameras on the outside of the house, however Aroura stated the cameras do not function. The door was closed and she opened it for me. I asked if anyone had been in the room since the night before or removed any items. The grandmother of admitted to just going into the room and sitting for a while. However, the family stated nothing was taken or moved from the bedroom. Aroura showed me the bedroom of I took several photos of his bedroom (uploaded to Evidence.com) and, with consent, searched his room. The bedroom was fairly clean and in order. In a dresser drawer, inside an Xbox controller box, I located money. The money was photographed and counted. The money was placed back into the Xbox controller box. When I was done, I let his mother know that I had found the money and where it was located. During my search, I located an empty gun holster that was under clothes in a laundry basket. Located in the holster were two magazines with .22 caliber rounds. The holster and magazines were collected as evidence. During the search, I was looking for a backpack that belonged to (The female juvenile that was interviewed the night before. stated she left her backpack in the bedroom of It appeared that her stating she went to his house directly after school and left her backpack was another untruthful statement. I did, however, find a backpack that belonged to A school ID was inside the backpack. The backpack and ID were collected as evidence. As I was finishing up the bedroom, several family members, who identified themselves as cousins of stated they believed they knew who killed I asked them how they knew that and they stated it was being posted on social media (Instagram). They showed me a message from a The message was sent through my email, which was then uploaded to Evidence.com. The cousins stated they believed the parties responsible were "Chronic" and a possible Carlos. They stated one works at Walmart and the other at Fry's. I advised the family to not attempt any type of retaliation for the loss of their family member, I ended my contact with the family. family I was advised by Maricopa dispatch there was a subject at the police station waiting to provide a statement about the shooting. See supplement with interview with While I was with

04/03/25

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