LEFT: Carlos Jose Hernandez. RIGHT: Joshua Zuazo

ROCHESTER HILLS — Two men disguised at DTE workers were found guilty this month of murdering Hussein “Sam” Murray in his Rochester Hills home last fall.

On Oct. 3, separate juries found Carlos Jose Hernandez, 38, and Joshua Zuazo, 40, both of Dearborn, guilty of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment. Both defendants had separate trials in the same room with separate juries.

The verdict comes nearly a year after authorities say the two men, posing as DTE workers, came to Murray’s home claiming they needed to investigate a gas leak.

Murray, 73, who owned a jewelry store in Hamtramck and a pawn shop, escorted the two men into his home on Newcastle Drive Oct. 11, 2024, and into the basement.

Linda Murray,

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