SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Joseph Charles Vicencio, the man accused of carrying out a triple homicide in San Jose, told a witness that he needed to tie up "loose ends" before the killings, court documents filed on Friday state. A police report reveals that the killer's suspected motive may have been to silence a domestic violence victim.
The victims of the triple shooting were identified in court documents as Tarrah Lynn Taylor, 26, Jeannessa Caillean Lurie, 24, and Max Ryan, 26. The trio was slain inside a home on Chynoweth Avenue on September 16.
"Joseph Vicencio murdered three people. Three wonderful, beautiful human beings," Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told reporters outside the courthouse Friday. "We charged the defendant with murder ... he's looking at spending