Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man on suspicion of murder following a Sept. 26 altercation at a Quinceanera in unincorporated Morgan Hill, according to authorities.
Gonzalo Julio Morales, 35 of San Jose, was arrested on suspicion of murder at a residence in Mountain View Sept. 28, Sheriff’s Sgt. James Jensen said. The suspect’s bloody jeans were found in a garbage can at the residence, and detectives learned that he threw the murder weapon—a knife—from his vehicle as he fled the scene.
On Sept. 26, deputies responded to a fight in progress at a Quinceanera, a 15th birthday party, at a residence on the 600 block of San Bruno Avenue in unincorporated Morgan Hill, Jensen said. Upon arrival, deputies located the victim, Jacobo Rojos-Vilchis, 34 of Milpitas, suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Deputies and paramedics provided first aid to Rojos-Vilchis, who was pronounced dead at the scene when EMS arrived, authorities said. Morales fled the scene before deputies arrived.
During the investigation, sheriff’s detectives found the discarded murder weapon on the side of the road in the area of U.S. 101 and Bailey Avenue, Jensen added.
Morales was later booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of murder.
