SAN JOSE — A person who was suspected of stabbing his three housemates in East San Jose on Wednesday and died in a crash that very same day whereas strolling on Freeway 85 has been recognized by authorities.
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Workplace recognized him as 25-year-old Heriberto Jesus Valencia Samora of San Jose.
The stabbing was reported at 2:09 a.m. at a house on Tehama Avenue close to Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose police stated. Valencia Samora was suspected of stabbing three individuals, all adults, who lived with him within the dwelling.
He then fled in a automobile and wasn’t discovered till 4:48 a.m., when California Freeway Patrol officers responded to a crash on northbound Freeway 85, north of De Anza Boulevard. CHP officer Ross Lee stated that items arrived to discover a man, who was later decided to be the suspect within the stabbing, was in one of many left lanes when he was hit by a truck driver.
The truck driver informed officers that Valencia Samora had jumped in entrance of the automobile earlier than the crash, Lee stated. The northbound lanes of the freeway was shut down for a number of hours whereas CHP carried out their investigation.
A Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputy stated Valencia Samora’s automotive was present in West San Jose, close to the place he had died, SJPD spokesman Sgt. Christian Camarillo stated.
An investigation into the stabbing is underway, and a motive for the assault was unclear, Camarillo stated. Officers had been searching for an arrest warrant for Valencia Samora after they came upon he had been hit on the freeway.