Killer calls San Jose police to do ‘welfare check’ of victim, police say

SAN JOSE — A man who called police to check on the welfare of a woman at an East San Jose home is now under arrest for allegedly stabbing her to death early Saturday.

The killing of the unidentified woman is San Jose’s third homicide of the year.

When the suspect, identified as 38-year-old Peter Rodriguez, allegedly called police at 5:24 a.m. Saturday, he said he hadn’t spoken with the woman for several hours, according to San Jose police.

When officers arrived at the residence in the 2000 block of Mondigo Avenue near Overfelt High School, they found the woman with multiple stab wounds and pronounced her dead.

Homicide investigators said Rodriguez was both the caller and the killer and booked him for murder into the Santa Clara County Jail, according to a news release from the San Jose Police Department.

Police are still investigating the motive and circumstances of the killing as well as the relationship between the suspect and victim.

Police say the coroner’s office will release the identity of the victim after relatives are notified.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Isidro Bagon or Detective Ramon Sanchez of the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 408-277-5283.

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may also call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 408-947-STOP (7867).

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