California man had 'compulsion to kill' then led police to two bodies, officials say
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Set us as preferred Authorities in San Jose are continuing their investigation into a man who allegedly approached a police officer last week, confessed to killing someone, then led the officer to a body.In what Santa Clara County Deputy Dist.Atty.
Michael Gadeberg said was an unusual set of circumstances, authorities allege that 28-year-old Marcelino Castro killed two people, possibly more, for reasons they still haven’t determined.The first victim knew Castro, the second victim did not, Gadeberg said.“The fact that he would progress to what appears to be a total stranger is certainly concerning and suggests there may not be a conventional motive other than compulsion to kill,” he said.Asked if there were possibly more victims, Gadeberg said “he wouldn’t be shocked.”According to a police department news release, on Sept.
19 around 5:14 p.m., Castro flagged down a San Jose Police Department officer and confessed that he had killed someone.Officers responded to the area of Lelong Avenue and Alma Avenue just off State Route 87 near a train station, where they found the body of a man, according to the release.
Castro then provided information about a possible second homicide about three miles away, according to the release.Detectives responded to the scene and located a second body.“It’s an unusual case,” Gadeberg said.
“To have someone to plan out a murder, to lure someone that they know to a secluded location, to take their life, to take the opportunity to cool off and reflect and evade detection and then go on and take another life.For someone to take someone’s life at random in this way.”Castro was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of murder, according to the release.
The motive and circumstances of the killings are still under investigation.The identities of t...