Overview

• Detectives executed search warrants on August 5 to arrest Mercedes Rosales, 20, and Micaela Van, 18, in San Jose
• Rosales is booked on murder charges and Van is held as an accessory to that crime
• Law enforcement identified both women as prime suspects in the July 20 stabbing death of 22-year-old Raymond Orozco outside a South Second Street nightclub
• Authorities have not disclosed a motive or explained how the suspects are connected to Orozco
• Family and community members organized a vigil in Oakland and launched a GoFundMe to cover Orozco’s funeral costs