Armando Ramirez
UPDATE (Aug. 3, 2026): A 30-year-old man allegedly told called 911 and said, “I killed my mom,” according to arrest documents ABC-7 obtained. Juan Valles Valenzuela faces a murder charge.
Saturday at 1:45 p.m., El Paso police went to 306 Cargill St. for a 911 “unknown problem” call, documents said. Officers learned Valenzuela allegedly said his mother, Eva, was lying lifeless on the floor.
Documents alleged Valenzuela asked 911 to pick him up. Documents said police later took him into custody.
Inside the home, officers found his mother lying on the kitchen floor with no signs of life and multiple puncture wounds to her body, documents said. A knife with suspected blood was found next to her boy.
The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons unit went to the home to help with the investigation.
Investigators interviewed Valenzuela’s friend. According to documents, the friend also reported the incident to 911.
He told investigators Valenzuela allegedly told him, “Guess who I killed,” documents said.
His friend replied, “Please tell me you did not kill your mom,” according to documents.
Valenzuela’s friend told investigators he guessed he killed his mom because Valenzuela allegedly mentioned how he hated her and wanted her dead, documents said.
Documents said Valenzuela told his friend he killed his mom, and didn’t feel anything.
Valenzuela told authorities he woke up to his mom coming home with groceries Saturday, documents said. He helped her carry them in the kitchen and dropped sodas in the sink.
Valenzuela alleged his mom kept yelling and they both became mad, documents said.
He allegedly told investigators he got “triggered,” grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his mom in the neck multiple times, causing her death, documents said.
Valenzuela allegedly called his friends and said it would be the last time he would talk to them, documents said.
He also told investigators he had hatred for his mother, documents said.
ABC-7 reached out to EPPD for Valenzuela’s mugshot.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police are investigating the death of a 60-year-old woman who was found inside a Lower Valley home Saturday afternoon.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Cargill Street, near Ascarate Lake, at about 2 p.m. after receiving a call for service.
When officers arrived, they found the woman dead inside the home, according to the El Paso Police Department.
The scene in Lower Valley El Paso where the city’s police department investigated a woman’s death.(Courtesy: KVIA)
Police said a man in his 30s was also inside the residence and was detained because of what investigators described as suspicious circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.
Authorities said no charges have been filed against the man.
The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons unit is leading the investigation. Additional information has not been released.
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This image, captured from surveillance video, shows the suspect who discharged multiple rounds into the exterior of St. Genevieve’s Catholic Church on May 4, 2026.
