As we told you last night, 39 year old Ladyville resident Miguelito Encalada has been charged for the double murder of his girlfriend and brother.
Encalada is believed to have killed them both with his licensed firearm last week Thursday. When police got into the house, they found him drinking a beer - and he pointed them to his weapon which was resting on a chair.
But, reports tell us that Encalada had only recently gotten a licensed firearm after years of being refused. Police today confirmed the recent acquisition:
Jules Vasquez
"Are you able to say how long ago Miguelito Encalada had gotten a gun license?"
ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division
"He had that license for a couple of months now."
Jules Vasquez
"Is it true that, as far as you know, he had applied for gun licenses many, many times before and had been denied?"
ACP Hilberto Romero
"I am not aware of that, no."
Jules Vasquez
"Was he known to trafficking illicit drugs?"
ACP Hilberto Romero
"Not that we know of, no."
Jules Vasquez
"Is there any drug element in the investigation?"
ACP Hilberto Romero
"We collected several items from the house and those will be taken to the forensic laboratory for testing. That is all I can say about what was found at that scene."
Reporter
"Do you have any reports that the relationship between that couple would have been violent that there may have been element of domestic abuse?"
ACP Hilberto Romero
"Not that we know of, no."
A post mortem examination confirmed that both 50-year-old Desiree Gonzalez and 25-year-old George Rochester were killed with gunshots to the head.
