Police Report - Estaban Valenzuela murder

Officer Report for D.R. 241122068

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An address for was located on the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation. Officer Wetherell, Officer Peterson, and I met Ak-Chin Police officers and went to the residence at W Thomas St & W Farrell Rd. There was a vehicle parked in front of the residence which appeared to be the same vehicle depicted in the camera footage. There was no answer at the front door. The homeowner arrived home and provided consent to search the vehicle. The vehicle was reportedly broken down and had not been used in a while. A consent form was completed and added to evidence. A search of the vehicle revealed the vehicle had not been used in some time. There was a film of filth on the windshield which appeared old and would have made driving nearly impossible due to low visibility. I started the vehicle and the exhaust did not match the exhaust from the security footage. The owner of the residence informed me they were a relative of but he did not live there.

Later

and his mother, Andrea

went to the Ak-Chin Police Department to

meet with Maricopa detectives. Sergeant Jordan and I arrived and contacted and Andrea. Andrea said she did not know what this was about and refused to speak without her lawyer. I collected their contact information and left.

I later assisted Detective Mccullar with interviewing

mother, Jolene

was present.

constantly lied during the interview and provided unreliable

information. See Detective Mccullar' s interview notes for details.

On 11/26/24 Detective Mccullar conducted a follow up interview with one the suspects, mentioned someone named " I searched a standard AZ license query for someone named There was one person in AZ with an ID under the name with a date of birth of This person was years old at the time and listed descriptors were 150 Lbs and 5' 03''. The address listed on the ID was N Ruins Rd, Bapchule, AZ 85121. I provided this information to Detective Mccullar. On 11/27/24, I contacted Steven Blauer, who had security camera footage. Steven resided at W Barbara Ln. Steven's footage captured the suspect who was identified as running from Madison St to Barbara St. The video captured an off duty deputy's vehicle following was then recorded running back towards Steven's house before running away, down Madison St. The video was added to evidence.com and the USB was impounded. While in the area, I contacted Stacie Cantu, who had provided video footage from W Guilder Ave. I asked Stacie if there exited a hard copy of her security footage. Stacie informed me the footage was only saved on her Google Nest cloud.

On 11/27/24 I assisted with arresting

during a high risk traffic stop near the Sprouts

parking lot, at 20300 N John Wayne Pkwy, in Maricopa. Following arrest, a vape device was located on the floorboard near where he was seated. The vape device was Geek Bar brand, Pulse model, and Sour Watermelon Drop flavor. The vape appeared to be the same make and model as those found at the shooting crime scene. Inside a grocery bag, where had been seated, there was a plastic container of marijuana, a marijuana pipe, and a marijuana grinder. Inside the bag was also a brown Gucci wallet. In the wallet was a VISA debit card. On the face of the card was the handwritten word " On the rear of the card was the name " had shed his hoodie during his removal from the vehicle. It was a plain black cotton hoodie. The hoodie was collected for evidence. The mentioned items were seized, photographed, and impounded.

Following the traffic stop. I assisted with the search warrant executed at residence at W Roth Rd, in Maricopa.

END OF SUPPLEMENT

04/03/25

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