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Police Report Lays Out Case in San Jose Triple Homicide as Suspect Appears in Court

Prosecutors filed murder charges after detectives linked Joseph Charles Vicencio to the killings through video, a satchel and witness accounts.

Overview

  • Santa Clara County prosecutors charged Vicencio, 27, with three counts of murder and a domestic-violence count; he appeared in court Friday and remains jailed following his Sept. 17 arrest.
  • Court documents identify the victims as Tarrah Lynn Taylor, 26, Max Chavez Ryan, 26, and Jeannessa Caillean Lurie, 24, while autopsies are pending and the coroner has not publicly named the third victim.
  • Detectives say neighborhood surveillance shows Vicencio arriving before the gunfire and fleeing afterward wearing distinctive clothing and carrying a satchel later found in a storm drain.
  • A police statement says Taylor reported days-earlier assaults by Vicencio, including alleged strangulation with visible neck injuries, and the district attorney said officers obtained a temporary restraining order.
  • Investigators recovered multiple .40-caliber shell casings, and two witnesses told police Vicencio mentioned “loose ends,” searched for news of the killings on a computer and later said he had “handled it.”