Adlai Mestre, 24, was indicted on three counts of First-Diploma Homicide, three counts of Tampering with Proof, and one rely of Animal Cruelty, associated to the October 13, 2024 killings, in accordance with Bernalillo County District Legal professional Sam Bregman.

The victims embody Mestre’s mom, Bertha Huerta Conde, his father Raymundo Mestre, his 17-year-old sister, Brielle Mestre, and the household canine.

Per Bregman, citing authorities, Mestre fatally shot all of the victims, “then dragged the victims’ our bodies exterior, meaning to bury them, and made an effort to scrub up the crime scene.”

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to the Mestre residence round 2:14pm on October 13, 2024 — after the owner, who reportedly lived subsequent door, heard gunshots, per Regulation&Crime.

Once they arrived on the scene, Mestre is seen in bodycam footage rising from the property — saying, “my household rushed me … with a knife.” As authorities put him in handcuffs after he says he has a weapon on him, Mestre tells them, “My household tried to stroll in my room and so they’re attempting to get my coronary heart. And my dad has a knife and my sister had a sledgehammer and I killed them.”

“Nonetheless, I discovered their our bodies and their wounds had been healed. Need me to indicate you?” he then asks, saying he is “actually shook” as deputies pull a gun out of his pocket. Authorities famous he had blood on his hand, earlier than he tells them, once more, “I can present you the place the our bodies are.”

Amid ramblings, he admitted to utilizing a gun on his mother and father and his sister, whereas deputies searched the house. Inside, they discovered trails of blood far and wide, however no our bodies. A canine, which appeared to have been shot, was additionally within the residence.

Drag marks continued into the yard, as a deputy went again to Mestre and requested the place they our bodies are. “They’re within the yard. I used to be gonna bury ’em … I can lead you there,” he tells them, earlier than deputies comply with his instructions and discover all three our bodies.

Inside the house, authorities additionally discovered a meat tenderizer and knife — with the DA later saying the “victims had been additionally seemingly bludgeoned with a meat tenderizer.”

Mestre continued to make weird statements when he was taken in for questioning, earlier than telling authorities his shot his father within the head and suggesting his household was possessed or presumably attempting to “curse” him. After the investigator left the room, Mestre was seen in video kicking a gap into the wall of the station, earlier than leaping by means of it and working down the hallway.

Deputies caught him contained in the station.

Although he was initially deemed incompetent to face trial again in April, he was later deemed competent in June.