XAVIER DANIEL JAQUEZ - 6 yo - Phoenix AZ

The 6-year-old Phoenix boy found shot to death in an alley yesterday has been identified and it turns out he's the son of a man found murdered the day before.

The boy has been identified as Xavier Daniel Jaquez. The father, police say, is Angel Jaquez, 27, who he was found shot to death in his house at 2719 East Broadway Road in Phoenix on Monday night.


Xavier Jaquez was found shot to death yesterday morning in an alley near his mother's home, near 65th Avenue and Indian School Road, by a City of Phoenix sanitation crew. The boy's mother and the elder Jaquez shared custody of the child.

Angel Jaquez was found by his brother on a couch in a duplex at the above address on Monday night. He was shot once, police say.

At least six people were questioned about the murders by police last night, but no arrests have been made.

Angel Jaquez reportedly has "an arrest history," and police say the family was targeted.

Although the motive for the murders are currently unclear, police say they aren't ruling out a possible drug connection.

A Phoenix man found shot to death at his home the day before his 6-year-old son was found murdered in an alley was a drug dealer, court records show.

The boy, Xavier Jaquez, was found shot to death Tuesday morning in an alley near
his mother's home, near 65th Avenue and Indian School Road, by a City
of Phoenix sanitation crew. The boy's parents shared
custody of the child.

Angel Jaquez, Xavier's father, was found by his brother on a couch in a
duplex at his house at 2719 East Broadway Road in Phoenix on Monday
night. He was shot once, police say.

At least six people have been questioned about the murders by police, but no arrests have been made.

Angel Jaquez reportedly has "an arrest history," and police say the
family was targeted -- possibly because Jaquez is a drug dealer.

Jaquez's "arrest history" includes a September 20, incident, in which
police responded to a burglary call at his duplex and found marijuana
inside, according to court documents.

Jaquez took a plea deal and admitted to drug possession with intent to sell. He was sentenced to two years probation.

Police haven't said whether the murders are drug related. They continue to look at all possibilities.

Victim's Uncle a Suspect in Homicides
Booked into jail on a drug warrant

PHOENIX - There is new information on the investigation involving a 6-year-old found murdered in an alley earlier this week.
Police have confirmed Xavier Jaquez's 19-year-old uncle is a suspect in the case.
Christopher Licon has been booked into jail on a warrant for outstanding drug charges. He hasn't been charged with murder, but is considered a person of interest.
Angel Jaquez was killed on Monday night, and Xavier's body was found some 10 hours later. A dump truck driver found Xavier's body in an alley on Tuesday morning, 15 miles away.
According to court paperwork, family members told police that Licon is presently using and selling cocaine. Police say he is also considered an extreme risk to the public.
Back in August, Tempe police pulled Licon over and found bags of marijuana, meth, cocaine and mushrooms on him.
Sgt. Trent Crump told us, "Licon is considered a suspect in these cases, however, I reiterate, he has not been charged in connection with these homicides."
Licon is being held on a $25,000 bond. He is undergoing classification as a psych inmate.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/victims-uncle-a-suspect-in-homicides-12-16-2010

Can someone please tell me how a drug dealer is allowed to have shared custody of a child????

The brother of a Phoenix man found shot to death in his home earlier
this week is a suspect in the man's murder. He's also a suspect in the
murder of his brother's son -- the suspect's 6-year-old nephew, who was
found shot to death in alley, the Phoenix Police Department announced yesterday.

Christopher Licon, 19, the brother of Angel Jaquez,
and uncle of Xavier Jaquez, who were each found shot to death earlier
this week, was arrested yesterday on unrelated drug charges. However,
police say he's a suspect in the murders, as well.

According to court documents first obtained by the Arizona Republic, Licon "was
contacted and detained as a suspect in a double-homicide . . . (and)
while being detained an active felony warrant involving serious drug offenses was located."

The court docs go on to say Licon is an "extreme risk to the public."

The elder Jaquez was found shot to death in his house at 2719 East Broadway Road in Phoenix on Monday night.

Xavier Jaquez was found shot to death Tuesday morning in an alley near
his mother's home, near 65th Avenue and Indian School Road, by a City
of Phoenix sanitation crew. The boy's mother and father shared custody of the child.

Angel Jaquez was found by his brother on a couch in a duplex at the
above address on Monday night. He was shot once, police say. It's
unclear whether the brother who discovered the body was Licon.

Both Licon and Jaquez were drug dealers. Jaquez's arrest history includes a September 20, incident, in which
police responded to a burglary call at his duplex and found marijuana inside.

Jaquez took a plea deal and admitted to drug possession with intent to sell. He was sentenced to two years probation.

Phoenix police say the family was "targeted." They say they're still
actively investigating all leads, even though Licon is in custody.

Back in August, Tempe police pulled Licon over and found bags of marijuana, meth, cocaine and mushrooms on him.

From above post - And why was someone with all these drugs even out on the streets?

Christopher Licon, Accused of Murdering Brother and Nephew, Was ASU Student. May Have Shot Brother in Front of Child
By James King Tue., Jan. 4 2011 at 4:46 PM

The 19-year-old Phoenix man accused of murdering his brother and 6-year-old nephew last month isn't just an alleged drug-dealing murderer, he's also a student at Arizona State University majoring in construction management, the university's website shows. And, according to court documents obtained by New Times, Christopher Licon claims to have been studying at the university library when his brother was killed.

That story, authorities claim, doesn't hold up, though, and police suspect Licon may have murdered his brother, Angel Jaquez, in front of Jaquez's son -- Licon's nephew -- 6-year-old Xavier Jaquez.

According to court records, on the morning of his murder, the elder Jaquez drove Licon to ASU's Tempe campus so he could take an exam at about 7:30 a.m. -- Xavier Jaquez was also in the car.

Jaquez then took his son to his school near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road. He then drove back to ASU to pick up his brother and bring him back to the apartment they shared at 2719 East Broadway Road.

About 2:40 p.m., Jaquez drove back to his son's school to pick him up and drive him back to the apartment. A short time later, detectives believe, Jaquez sat down on his couch to watch TV and was shot in the back of the head.

Police aren't certain whether Xavier Jaquez witnessed his father's murder, but witnesses told police later that they saw a man matching Licon's description leading the boy away from the apartment to a car, with the boy shouting "I wanna be with my dad, please let me go."

If nothing else, it appears the boy was at least in the apartment at the time of the shooting.

Authorities say Licon then drove the boy to an alley near his mother's home, shot him, and left him there. He was found the next day by sanitation workers.

Licon, however, told police he was at ASU studying all day, and only learned of the murder when he got home about 5:40 p.m. and found Jaquez's body. That's when he called police.

Licon claims he borrowed his brother's car to go back to ASU to study. He says he was there studying from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., although, he didn't log on to any ASU computer in that period.

Not to say Licon not logging on to a computer means he murdered his nephew and brother, but the fact that a friend of his told police he asked him to hold a gun for him the afternoon of the murder is a bit of a red flag.

That witness told police that about 4:50 p.m., when Licon claimed to be studying at ASU, he actually went to the witness' place of employment, near Central Avenue and Broadway Road, and asked him to hold a Smith and Wesson semi-automatic handgun.

"Digital forensic evidence," court docs claim, put Licon at the witness' business at 4:53 p.m.

The next morning, Licon again went to the witness' business and demanded he retrieve the gun from his house. The witness told Licon he couldn't leave work and wouldn't be able to do so.

Later that day, the witness returned home to find his house burglarized -- the only item missing was the gun Licon asked him to hold. Police say only Licon and the witness knew where the gun was hidden.

Once confronted with evidence that contradicted the story he told police, Licon stuck to his story and offered no other explanation as to his whereabouts the day of the murder.

The Arizona Republic is reporting that Licon and Jaquez had a "rocky relationship." According to court documents first obtained by the Republic, Jaquez was arrested in September on drug and weapons charges. Two months later he signed a plea deal that got him out of jail. Simultaneously, drug warrants were issued against Licon.

Police haven't said they've pinned down an exact motive for the murder, but Jaquez possibly turning state's evidence against his own brother seems like a good place to start.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/01/christopher_licon_accused_of_m.php