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Jesus Medrano III (Kenosha County)
KENOSHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN: Wisconsin authorities allege that a man from Kenosha County murdered his father and stepmother after being caught molesting a young female relative in the family s home. Kenosha police said that Jesus V. Medrano III, 24, had hacked to death his father, Jesus Jesse Medrano, Jr, 49, and his wife, Latrice Meyers-Medrano, 36. They were found stabbed to death last week, while four other children were also found in the family home.
Medrano III has been detained on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree sexual assault, and physical abuse of a child. He is being held on a $2.5 million bond.
BY DENEEN SMITH
Friends and family devastated by the murders of Latrice Meyers-Medrano and her husband Jesus âJesseâ Medrano, Jr. are trying to raise money to pay for the coupleâs funerals and to provide for the children left behind.
The couple was killed Wednesday, allegedly stabbed and slashed to death by Medranoâs son Jesus Medrano III after Medrano Jr. walked in on his son attempting to sexually assault a child in their home. Four children who lived in the home three that were the couplesâ children, one a grandchild were witnesses in the attack.
Medrano III was charged Friday with two counts of first degree intentional homicide, attempted first degree sexual assault and child abuse. He is being held on $2.5 million bond.