Washington State Alleged Killer Was Deported to Mexico, Returned to Murder His Ex, Say Cops
Franklin County Superior Court documents say Gregorio Luna-Luna had been jailed from January to March for alleged domestic violence, and then was held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma until he was deported on May 1.
Police say the 31-year-old returned to Pasco and killed his ex-girlfriend,
Griselda Ocampo Meza, who was mother of his 5-year-old-son. An autopsy revealed
that it was a single stab wound to the chest that killed the 21-year-old woman.
The accused killer had several citations for assault going back at least two
years, reports CBS
affiliate KEPR, which says Luna-Luna ignored the citations and never showed
up in court. He became a high priority for authorities after he kidnapped his
own son and police issued an Amber Alert. When the two were found, Luna-Luna was
thrown in jail.
KEPR was told by an immigration spokesperson that Luna-Luna bonded out and US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took him into custody. He sat in an
ICE detention center until late April when a judge said he should be deported.
Within two days he was in Mexico, but not necessarily in jail.
Immigration officials couldn't specifically say what the Mexican authorities
did when he arrived. But somehow Luna-Luna made it to the Tri-Cities area of
southeast Washington in a matter of weeks. Franklin County prosecutor Steve Lowe
told KEPR, "It takes about 10 to 12 days by foot to get back to Tri-Cities (from
Mexico). it's not unusual. Frustrating, yes, we obviously have a border
problem."
Luna-Luna is in the Franklin County jail and has not yet been charged in
Meza's killing. KEPR reports that prosecutors may go for first degree murder and
make it a death penalty case.
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