SAN ANTONIO – A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a man whose body was found in the trunk of his car.
Police said they have they three more capital murder warrants and are looking for suspects.
According to an arrest affidavit, Ashton Lucas Lomas, 23, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Martin Gonzalez, 23.
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Lomas called police Thursday and said he wanted to speak with them "about a murder that he committed involving the victim (Gonzalez)," the affidavit said.
The suspect told police that he took Gonzalez on Jan. 29 to a home in Converse, where he and two other men beat the victim, the affidavit said. The men stole Gonzalez's watch, a gold chain, two guns, $40 and some marijuana, the affidavit said.
Lomas told police that he was ordered by one of the men to shoot Gonzalez, and he admitted to pulling the trigger, the affidavit said.
Lomas and one of the men cleaned the crime scene and helped carry Gonzalez's body to his car, which the suspect drove to a parking lot in Universal City and abandoned, the affidavit said.
Gonzalez's body was discovered on Feb. 7.
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