

The witness then stated that Arroyos “jumped up and grabbed this knife that he had in his hand” - although the witness said she didn’t see Arroyos with a knife coming into the home. The witness told police she placed calls to Arroyos’ brother and mother, asking them to come pick him up, but she was unsuccessful. Arroyos knocked on the door and Gonzales let him in, Portillo said, but the chief was unclear why Arroyos was let in.Īrroyos sat down across from Gonzales and stared at her, according to the affidavit.
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to report Gonzales’ death, according to another police blotter.Īn affidavit for an arrest warrant states that the witness and Gonzales, who had been living with the witness for more than a week, finished dinner and were watching TV together. In a separate call, a witness called dispatch around 9:57 p.m. “We attempted to find, but we had no info to go off of,” said Silver City Police Chief Fred Portillo. The mother told dispatchers that Arroyos was “running around Silver,” and she was “afraid for her son.” Saturday, after Arroyos allegedly called her, admitting to killing Gonzales. It remains unclear what the motive might have been, police said Monday.Īccording to a Silver City Police Department blotter, Arroyos’ mom called Central Dispatch for a welfare check around 8:21 p.m. Silver City resident Amy Gonzales, 39, was strangled and beaten to death Saturday night at a home on Silver Street, and the alleged assailant, Macario Arroyos, 30, of Silver City, has been charged with an open count of murder.
