Man arrested for unsolved 2016 San Jose murder

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(BCN) — A man wanted for a 2016 stabbing murder was arrested two years after an arrest warrant was issued against him, San Jose police said Friday.

Marco Iniquez Jr. was taken into custody in Aromas on May 30 following a joint investigation with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Team, police said.

He was charged in connection with a July 17, 2016, homicide in the 400 block of North First Street. Police said a man who suffered at least one stab wound was pronounced dead at the scene.

In 2022, the case was re-examined by the District Attorney’s Cold Case Team and an arrest warrant was issued for Iniquez, police said.

The motive and circumstances of the incident are under investigation, police said. The killing was the 27th homicide in San Jose in 2016.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Barragan at [email protected] or Detective Van Brande at [email protected] or (408) 277-5283.

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