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ICSO: Inmate mistakenly released from Imperial County Jail
Murder suspect remains at large - News 11 s Wiley Jawhary reports
IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Imperial County Sheriff s Office (ICSO) says a murder suspect accused of murder walked out of the Imperial County Jail on Friday after corrections officers mistakenly released him.
ICSO says jailers mistook 21-year-old Athan Emmanuel Estrada for another inmate.
Estrada is accused of fatally shooting Pablo Dominguez at the Crown Motel in El Centro on June 7. The victim s brother says his family found out about his escape through social media.
“That’s what s upsetting no one really gave us the call, we want our answers, it was just on social media, it was shared on social media no one really gave us a call,” Jorge Munoz, the victim s brother said.
EL CENTRO â A 21-year-old murder suspect remained at large Saturday night after he was released in error from the Imperial County Jail Friday.
Imperial County Sheriffâs Office said Athan Emmanuel Estrada was released from the jail at 8 p.m. after he assumed the identity of another inmate.
Estrada was arrested by El Centro Police Wednesday in a domestic violence incident. He was later charged separately for murder as the suspect in a June 7 shooting at the Crown Motel, 330 N. Imperial Ave. That shooting reportedly led to the death of 28-year-old Pablo Dominguez, of El Centro.
ICSO said in a release it is already investigating how the error occurred and has already conducted multiple interviews to uncover exactly what transpired Friday. In addition, an administrative investigation is also underway.