Suspect in double homicide is arraigned
The suspect in a recent double homicide in Santa Fe was arraigned on several related charges Thursday morning, including two counts of first-degree murder.
Jose Antonio “Adrian” Roman, 44, appeared before state District Court judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in a video arraignment from the Santa Fe County jail, where he has been held since he was arrested in Albuquerque. Roman is accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Carmen Navarrete, and her 16-year-old son Axel Gonzales on Nov. 13.
Prosecutors filed for Roman to be detained pending trial, and he waived a pretrial detention hearing, his attorney Jennifer Burrill said, due to other pending charges in Bernalillo County Magistrate Court that need to be resolved first.
In that case, Roman was accused by prosecutors of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and other charges from an alleged incident with Navarrete less than two weeks before she was killed.
Marlowe Sommer read Roman the murder charges, as well as his rights, and scheduled a docket call for the case for March.
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