Even though Samuel Torres' body has never been found, San Jose police announced on Tuesday that his alleged killer has been arrested in connection to his shooting death by Coyote Creek nearly two years ago.
Investigators said that over the course of their lengthy investigation, they have determined that Ricardo Padilla is the one who killed him.
Though they didn't provide direct evidence of the homicide, police cited Padilla's "violent crime spree," which spanned from May 2021 until the day of Torres' disappearance. The spree included two stabbings – another of which occurred near Coyote Creek, an un unprovoked assault outside a 7-Eleven, and the May 31, 2021, shooting death of another man, Thomas Calamia, in the area of Prevost Street and West Virginia Street. In June 2021, Padilla reversed his car into a Livermore police officer's motorcycle and fled and later than month, a shooting victim identified Padilla as the gunman who fired at him on Berkeley Way in San Jose.
And then on July 4, 2021, San Jose police caught up with Padilla near Coyote Creek and saw him getting rid of a gun.San Jose victims: Thomas Calamia and Samuel Torres.Padilla appeared in a San Jose courtroom Tuesday morning for arraignment on the new charges, but the hearing was postponed until Wednesday while the court sorts out his legal representation to eliminate conflicts stemming from his other active cases, theSgt.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Vallejo #3810 or Detective Harrington #4365 of the San José Police Department’s Homicide Unit via email: [email protected] and/or [email protected] or at 408-277-5283.that I have read and agree
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