Alex Madrid is a killer from Arizona who was convicted of the murder of fourteen year old Claudia Lucero
According to court documents Alex Madrid and the mother of Claudia Lucero had ended their relationship months before the murder. Police say that Madrid broke into the apartment where he would kidnap Claudia. The fourteen year old would be sexually assaulted and murdered before her body was dumped in a dumpster two miles from her home
Police would find the body of Claudia Lucero a few days later
Semen on the body would lead police to Alex Madrid as well as GPS coordinates
Alex Madrid would eventually be arrested, the murder took place in 2013, and would be charged with kidnapping, sexual conduct with a minor, second-degree burglary, abandonment or concealment of a dead body, unlawful flight from law enforcement and first-degree murder.
Alex Madrid would be convicted on all charges
Now the penalty phase begins and Alex Madrid could be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole
Alex Madrid Case
Over a decade after the death of a 14-year-old Mesa girl, a man accused of her murder was found guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court on Wednesday.
After a 27-day trial, a jury found Alex Madrid guilty on all counts in the murder of Claudia Lucero.
Claudia’s body was discovered in December 2013 in a dumpster two miles from her family’s apartment.
Madrid had ended a relationship with Lucero’s mother earlier that year, and the prosecution argued that he had access to the family’s apartment and intended to sexually assault Claudia.
Prosecutors said that Madrid got into the Luceros’ apartment the morning of Claudia’s death. They said he sexually assaulted Claudia, murdered her and tried to get rid of her body by disposing of it in a dumpster.
The prosecution presented DNA evidence of Madrid’s semen found on Lucero, along with GPS records placing him near the location of her body at the time of her death.
The defense argued Madrid had an alibi for the time frame during which the prosecution said Claudia was killed.
The jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Madrid guilty on charges of kidnapping, sexual conduct with a minor, second-degree burglary, abandonment or concealment of a dead body, unlawful flight from law enforcement and first-degree murder.
Madrid faces the possibility of the death penalty, with a sentencing hearing set to begin Oct. 9.
Alex Madrid News
A jury has found Alex Madrid guilty in the murder of a teenager over a decade ago.
Madrid was found guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual contact with a minor. The victim in the case, Claudia Ann Lucero, was killed in 2013, and per our previous reports, Madrid had recently broken up with Lucero’s mother at the time the murder happened. Lucero’s body was found in a dumpster located two miles from her home in Mesa. Lucero was 14 at the time of her death.
According to the Medical Examiner, the victim was strangled and sexually assaulted, and DNA tied Madrid to the crime.
The sentencing phase of Madrid’s trial is set to begin on Oct. 9, when a jury will decide whether Madrid will be put to death or spend his life behind bars.
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