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Authorities identify Clearlake man as victim in Sonoma County murder case
Antonio Botello-Arreola, 25, was killed in the shooting, officials said.
Sonoma County detectives on Friday arrested Clearlake residents Maria Guadalupe Torres, 40, her husband, 40-year-old Rene Espinoza Martinez Sr., and their son, 20-year-old Rene Espinoza Martinez Jr., as Lake County News has reported.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call at around 8:30 a.m. Friday from the California Highway Patrol, which found Botello-Arreola’s blue Toyota Previa minivan in the 4500 block of Porter Creek Road in Santa Rosa, with deputies responding a short time later.
The Toyota had its windows shot out, there were bullet holes on the driver’s side, and blood inside and outside of the vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies found Botello-Arreola’s body down a nearby ravine, officials said.
Torres, her husband and son were located in Lake County, interviewed and subsequently arrested, according to the sheriff’s office.
Based on the investigation, Torres and Botello-Arreola were having an affair. Torres’ husband and son and had recently found out about the affair and didn’t approve, authorities said.
Torres and Botello-Arreola were in his minivan early Friday when they pulled over in a dirt turnout, where authorities said she got out of the vehicle while her husband and son pulled over alongside them.
The sheriff’s office said the father and son fired into the driver’s side of Botello-Arreola’s vehicle.
Botello-Arreola fled the vehicle from the passenger side and ran to the ravine, where he collapsed and died, and where deputies found his body hours later, according to the sheriff’s office report.
Torres, her husband and son are being held without bail in the Sonoma County Jail and are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, according to jail booking records.