Overview
- Investigators say cell-phone records showed multiple trips to the canal area and surveillance video captured his car near the site.
- The Medical Examiner ruled on Nov. 25 that Nerida Martel was killed by a gunshot to the head, classifying the case as homicide.
- Saul Garcia-Gonzalez was arrested on Nov. 26; he denied killing Martel and waived his rights to immediate legal counsel, according to reports.
- A judge ordered him held without bond during a Thursday court appearance as the case proceeds.
- Detectives cite conflicting statements about when he last saw Martel, a prior 911 call from her phone featuring a distressed female, a cadaver dog’s behavioral change outside the couple’s residence, and claims he suggested she might be in ICE custody.