On Friday, October 3rd, a Hamilton County jury charged an illegal immigrant from Guatemala with murder for a deadly stabbing of another man committed 2 years ago.
24-year-old Edwin Mendez-Perez was only in the United States for a few years before he stabbed 28-year-old Rosalio “Charlie” Gomez-Gutierrez to death back in 2023 according to District Attorney Coty Wamp.
“Rosalio, ‘Charlie’, had a family who loved him and they were there for him the entire trial,” Wamp said on Friday. “They received justice today when a Hamilton County Jury found Mendez-Perez guilty of first-degree murder. In my office, we never forget that justice for victims is why we do what we do. We hope Charlie’s family can breathe a little deeper today.”
Prior to the stabbing, surveillance video captured Mendez-Perez at a gas station buying beer.
