On Saturday, April 11th at just after 3 in the morning, police were called to Prospect Hill Drive in Gold River. When they arrived, they found an unidentified male victim lying in the street. The suspect, Daniel Ortega was standing nearby.
Medical personnel pronounced the victim deceased from an apparent stab wound. The victim is described as an Hispanic male and 22 years old. His name will be released by the coroner. Ortega (04-27-76) was arrested for the crime.
Ortega lives at the Gold River residence with his wife, and it is believed that the victim was known to Ortega and his wife. It is unknown at this time what the nature of their relationship was. It is believed that just before the homicide, the victim arrived at the Ortega residence and an argument ensued, resulting in violence. .
Ortega has been booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on possible murder charges.
Daniel Ortega is photographed above.
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Just for the record the response to the call came from the Rancho Cordova police department, and the response was late because Gold River leadership as of November insisted on being part of the Sheriff’s patrol district based at Greenback. Rancho Cordova police and Gold River deputies are now on different frequencies so they can’t instantly respond to each other’s emergencies. Because of budget cutbacks at the Sheriff’s, BRECA, Rosemont and Mather are now pretty much dependent on RCPD for police protection, If Rosemont residents are unhappy with their RCPD response time, they can always switch to Sacramento police by annexing into the City of Sacramento.
Maybe BRECA, Rosemont and Mather should be annexed into Rancho Cordova.
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