Crime & Safety

SNAPSHOTS: Dealing with the Death of Lucero and Martha Gutierrez

Numerous people attend the rosary vigil for Martha and Lucero Gutierrez on Thursday evening.

Countless people have grieved over the death of 11-year-old Lucero Gutierrez for over a week, but on Thursday the death of two Gilroyans were mourned.

Police located the body of on Thursday. Martha had been missing since March 14 and her body was found in Hollister off Pacheco Pass Highway in the morning.

Martha's children, Lucero and Hector Aguilar Gutierrez, a.k.a Abel, were involved in a the day Martha went missing. Police suspect that Hector killed Martha before shooting his sister and then himself.

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