Suspected Serial Killer Faces Additional Murder Charges

An alleged serial killer in the California city of Stockton has been linked to a seventh murder in the region, according to an amended complaint that charged the suspect with four additional counts of murder.

Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested in October in connection with the unprovoked murders of six men who were fatally shot between April 2021 and September 2022. Five of the killings were committed in Stockton; one was in Oakland, about 70 miles away, police said. Brownlee was also linked to the non-fatal shooting of a 46-year-old woman in Stockton in April 2021, police said.

Following his arrest, Brownlee was initially charged with murder in connection with the deaths of Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, 21, on Aug. 30; Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz, 52, on Sept. 21; and Lawrence Lopez, 54, on Sept. 27. More charges were expected, San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar said at the time.

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