Lance Morales was introduced again to Connecticut on Saturday to face a choose after allegedly killing a mother and her child, and escaping to Puerto Rico.
“He even attempted to elude capture for several days. He was finally located by the United States Marshals Service. He was extradited back here,” a state prosecutor mentioned.
On Nov. 19, police say Morales, also called “Macho,” allegedly shot and killed 20-year-old Jessiah Mercado and her 4-month-old child Messiah Diaz in a drive-by capturing on New Britain Avenue in Hartford.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, there was a dispute over a automobile between the 2 adults. Mercado was purported to pay “Macho” $100 per day for renting a automobile, however was behind in funds and owed the suspect $400.
Court docket paperwork reveals a witness overheard Mercado say to Morales on the day of the capturing “I got my baby in the car,” and the witness then heard Morales reply, “I don’t care.”
Police say Morales fled to Puerto Rico the place he was captured a couple of days later.
In court docket, it was revealed that Morales has 5 pending instances in Waterbury.
“One is violation of probation stemming from an assault, one is a conviction where he owes seven years, another case is reckless driving, criminal mischief, tampering with evidence, interfering,” the bail commissioner mentioned.
In connection to the Hartford double murder, Morales is going through a number of prices together with homicide with particular circumstances and assault.
The protection argued for bond to remain at $3 million, including that Morales lives together with his father and has no cash to submit bond.
The choose set bond at $5 million, noting the seriousness of the fees and that Morales fled the state. He’s due again in court docket subsequent Wednesday.
