Overview
- Neighbors conducting a welfare check found 67-year-old John Joseph Torneo dead behind a locked bedroom door in the Polo Park West community.
- Sheriff Grady Judd said Julian Trevino, 19, returned after being told to leave, entered through a bathroom window, armed himself with a kitchen knife, and used a wine bottle during the fatal attack.
- Deputies tracked Torneo’s missing vehicle on U.S. 27 to the Ridge neighborhood, where it crashed; Trevino fled on foot and was arrested with the victim’s bank card.
- Investigators recovered a discarded knife and wine bottle, and records show the victim’s bank card was used at a pizza restaurant and a Circle K.
- The initial responding deputy was removed from solo patrol for retraining, and Trevino is being held without bond with arraignment set for January 20, 2026.