Jurors found Alexander Gomez-Enamorado guilty Friday of two separate counts of murder in connection with the 2010 stabbing death of 54-year-old Miguel Ventura. Jurors in the case deliberated for approximately one day before delivering their verdict around 3:15 p.m. Friday. Gomez-Enamorado was found guilty of first-degree murder while armed, felony murder, conspiracy, robbery, burglary, tampering … Read more →
Prosecutors have said that 54-year-old Miguel Ventura died in a robbery gone bad, but the defense attorney for one of the men accused of killing him says that the real motive was sex. In closing arguments Thursday, defense attorney Liyah Brown said her client, Alexander Gomez-Enamorado and his friend, Jose Reyes, were with Ventura the … Read more →
When Miguel Ventura was stabbed repeatedly to his death at his downtown DC restaurant in November 2010, it was a robbery attempt gone awry. Soon it will be up to jurors to decide whether that makes sense, and whether one of the men prosecutors say is responsible for the crime, is guilty of murder. In … Read more →
It was a restaurant robbery gone bad. And it left 54-year-old Miguel Angel Ventura dead. The man who wielded the knife, stabbing Ventura at least ten times, is in Mexico. The owner of the knife, on trial for murder. At least, that’s the way prosecutors tell it. In opening statements today, prosecutors told jurors that … Read more →
A man suspected in a violent stabbing at a downtown restaurant postponed his preliminary hearing Friday in order to have more time to consider a plea offer from prosecutors. Alexander Gomez-Enamorado is suspected of first-degree murder in the case. Prosecutors say he provided a knife used to fatally stab Miguel Angel Ventura in Nov. 2010. … Read more →
Alexander Gomez-Enamorado was ordered held today pending a preliminary hearing in connection with the stabbing death of Miguel Ventura. Gomez-Enamorado was arrested at DC Jail Thursday after being given an FBI polygraph test; he’s suspected of first-degree murder. Ventura was stabbed to death on the evening of Nov. 8, 2010 at a restaurant in NW. … Read more →
A Maryland man was arrested today in connection with a 2010 homicide in Northwest DC. Police say 22-year-old Alexander Gomez-Enamorado of Port Republic, Md. stabbed 54-year-old Miguel Ventura of Lanham, Maryland on Nov. 8, 2010 killing him. Gomez-Enamorado is suspected of first degree murder. A press release from MPD is below. May 31, 2012 Arrest … Read more →
