Annapolis police have arrested the son of a 44-year-old man who was stabbed to death early Saturday morning.Download the WBAL appOfficers were called to a home around 2:45 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Atwater Drive and found the victim, identified as Martin Jolalpa-Vazquez, bleeding profusely."The officers arrived. They immediately located the victim who was bleeding profusely inside the home. They spoke to some family members. They were able to identify that the suspect was the victim's son," Annapolis Police Department Cpl. Amy Miguez said.Martin Jolalpa-Vazquez was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.Within a short time, police located the victim's son at Great Bay Avenue and Annapolis Walk Drive. He was arrested right around the corner from the home they shared."He was walking in the area. He seemed kind of disoriented at the time, so we took him into custody and we did locate a knife near him. It's not clear if that is the murder weapon at this time," Miguez said.Leobardo Jolalpa-Ramirez, 22, was arrested and charged in his father's death, police said. He faces first- and second-degree murder and assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure.After seeing a judge Monday morning, Leobardo Holalpa-Ramirez is being held on no bond.The death has torn a family apart and tipped the scales of Annapolis crime stats."We don't see a lot of murders like this, especially domestic-related. It's just a terrible event," Miguez said.There have now been two homicides in Annapolis in 2016, increasing the city's homicide count by 100 percent from the year before, and the year before that.

Annapolis police have arrested the son of a 44-year-old man who was stabbed to death early Saturday morning.

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Officers were called to a home around 2:45 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Atwater Drive and found the victim, identified as Martin Jolalpa-Vazquez, bleeding profusely.

"The officers arrived. They immediately located the victim who was bleeding profusely inside the home. They spoke to some family members. They were able to identify that the suspect was the victim's son," Annapolis Police Department Cpl. Amy Miguez said.

Martin Jolalpa-Vazquez was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

Within a short time, police located the victim's son at Great Bay Avenue and Annapolis Walk Drive. He was arrested right around the corner from the home they shared.

"He was walking in the area. He seemed kind of disoriented at the time, so we took him into custody and we did locate a knife near him. It's not clear if that is the murder weapon at this time," Miguez said.

Leobardo Jolalpa-Ramirez, 22, was arrested and charged in his father's death, police said. He faces first- and second-degree murder and assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure.

After seeing a judge Monday morning, Leobardo Holalpa-Ramirez is being held on no bond.

The death has torn a family apart and tipped the scales of Annapolis crime stats.

"We don't see a lot of murders like this, especially domestic-related. It's just a terrible event," Miguez said.

There have now been two homicides in Annapolis in 2016, increasing the city's homicide count by 100 percent from the year before, and the year before that.



