Police Report - Estaban Valenzuela murder

Officer Report for D.R. 241122068

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nearby house (see supplemental reports for further).

showed a residence

of W FARRELL RD on the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation. I contacted Ak-Chin and requested Ak-Chin officers to meet myself, Detective Ramos, and Ofc Wetherell at the residence to attempt contact with At 2207 hours, contact was attempted at the residence with no answer at the front door. Parked in front of the home was a silver Mercedes with Arizona license plate CTS9227 which matched the description of the vehicle leaving the scene as viewed on a security camera on W Guilder Ave by Ofc Hawkins (see supplemental report). Shortly after attempting contact, a large truck pulled into the driveway where officers contacted Karen Gardner ( Karen advised is her niece's, Andrea ( son who lives in Maricopa and not at this current residence. Karen advised she did not know Andrea's address but provided her phone number. Andrea provided consent to search the Mercedes and it was determined the vehicle was not involved in the incident. W DIRK ST. I stood by as scene security as CID continued to document the scene and collect evidence. Officers cleared from the scene and returned to the original scene at

This incident was turned over to CID for further investigating. This concludes my involvement in this case.

04/03/25

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