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Joel Arciniega-Saenz (SOURCE: Doña Ana County Detention Center)
Joel Arciniega-Saenz, 25, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder Sunday night after police found him sitting in Apodaca Park in Las Cruces with bloodstains on his hands and shoes, according to a probable-cause statement filed in Doña Ana County Magistrate Court.
A Las Cruces police officer said he found the decapitated body of James Garcia, 51, and his severed head about 10 yards away, in a street bordering Apodaca Park.
According to the court document:
Arciniega-Saenz told the officer he had gone to the park to confront Garcia about some stolen items, then took a switchblade knife from Garcia, stabbed him several times and cut off his head.