Trio indicted in Lake Mohave slaying

Three people were indicted in the September killing of a man at Lake Mohave, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Joselin Martinez-Aguilar, 20, Esdras Lanza-Martinez, 18, and Bryan Melendez, 19, each confessed to their roles in the slaying of Domingo Alva-Gonzalez, whose body was found floating in the Colorado River near Searchlight, prosecutors said.

The trio face charges of murder with a deadly weapon, first-degree kidnapping, robbery, burglary and conspiracy. They were being held without bail.

Lanza-Martinez also faces charges of possessing a stolen vehicle and possessing personal identifying information.

Prosecutor John Giordani said the defendants admitted they planned the killing a week in advance.

Martinez-Aguilar told police she and Alva-Gonzalez had dated but broke up shortly before the slaying, and he wouldn’t leave her alone.

The trio lured Alva-Gonzalez to Lake Mohave on Sept. 30, telling him they wanted to party, authorities said.

While at the lake, Alva-Gonzalez was bashed in the back of the head with a rock, Giordani said. Martinez-Aguilar told police she watched Lanza-Martinez drag Alva-Gonzalez into the water and call Melendez to help when he started to fight back. She told police she stood on the shore and watched the two hold her ex-boyfriend under the water.

Officers later found Alva-Gonzalez’s stolen truck at Lanza-Martinez’s at a home near Nellis Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue.

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