Family of victim in Stockton serial killings calls for justice

NOW WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS, SALVADOR DUBEDY JUNIOR. >> KCRA 3’S LYSEE MITRI SPOKE TO HIS WIFE TODAY. LYSEE, WHAT DID SHE SAY? >> SHE SAYS SHE CAN’T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS WHAT THIS HAS DONE TO HER FAMILY. SHE SAW HIM JUST THREE HOURS BEFORE POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THIS SHOPPING CENTER. >> OFF THIS BUSY STREET IN STOCKTON, IS A PARKING LOT THAT THE WIFE OF 43-YEAR-OLD SALVADOR DUBEDY JUNIOR, HAS VISITED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. >> MY HUSBAND WAS KILLED HERE ON AUGUST 11, 2022. >> ANALYDIA LOPEZ, WHO DIDN’T FEEL SAFE SHOWING HER FACE ON CAMERA, SAYS SHE FOUND OUT WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER TEXTED HER ABOUT DUBEDY’S MURDER. SHOT TO DEATH JUST BEFORE 10:00 IN THIS PARKING LOT NEAR POPEYES OFF WEST LANE ACCORDING TO STOCKTON POLICE. >> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU A PART OF ME DIED WITH HIM THAT DAY. IT’S BEEN HARD. IT’S BEEN REALLY, REALLY HARD. >> SHE SAYS THEY MET 28 YEARS AGO AS A STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN RECONNECTED LATER. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 12 YEARS WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. FAMILY NOW LEFT WONDERING WHO KILLED DUBEDY. >> I KNOW SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING AND IF YOU DID, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING. >> POLICE SAY THE MURDER IS ONE OF FIVE THAT APPEAR TO BE CONNECTED. A SERIES OF KILLINGS THAT STARTED IN JULY. THEY SAY EACH TIME A MAN WHO WAS ALONE AFTER DARK WAS SHOT TO DEATH. POLICE RELEASED THIS IMAGE OF A PERSON OF INTEREST BUT SAY THEY DON’T KNOW IF ONE OR MORE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND THE MURDERS. >> WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT’S BEEN A TREMENDOUS TRAGEDY FOR OUR FAMILY AND WE JUST WANT ANSWERS. >> SHE SAYS SHE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW IF HER HUSBAND WAS GOING TO POPEYE’S HERE OR WHAT LED UP TO THAT DEADLY SHOOTING. LIVE IN STOCKTON, LYSEE MITRI, KCRA 3 NEWS. >> TERRIFYING FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANKS, LYSEE. THE STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A TIP LINE, FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THESE KILLINGS. AND THE PERSON, OR PEOPLE, RESPONSIBLE. THAT NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREEN. 209-937-8167. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL INFORMATI

The family of 43-year-old Salvador Debudey, Jr. is looking for answers after he was shot and killed in August in what Stockton police are calling a string of homicides believed to be interconnected.The Stockton native leaves behind a wife and a 14-year-old daughter.Stockton police said Debudey's murder is one in a string of unsolved deadly shootings since July that they believe may be connected. In each case, police said, the victim was a man who was killed while by himself after dark.These are the five cases believed to be linked:July 8 - 35-year-old Paul Alexander Yaw was killed at the 5600 block of Kermit Lane at 12:31 a.m.Aug. 11 - 43-year-old Salvador William Debudey, Jr. was killed at the 4900 block of West Lane at 9:49 p.m.Aug. 30 - 21-year-old Hispanic man was killed at the 800 block of East Hammer Lane at 6:41 a.m.Sept. 21 - 52-year-old Hispanic man was killed at the 4400 block of Manchester Avenue at 4:27 a.m.Sept. 27 - 54-year-old Lorenzo Lopez was killed at the 900 block of Porter Avenue at 1:51 a.m."It’s caused a lot of pain, a lot of pain to our family," said Analydia Lopez, the wife of Salvador Debudey.She said she met Debudey roughly 28 years ago when they were students at Franklin High School. They reconnected later in life and were married for 12 years.Debudey was shot to death just before 10 p.m. on Aug. 11 in a parking lot near Popeyes off West Lane, according to Stockton police. "To be honest with you, a part of me died with him that day," Lopez said. "It's been hard. It's been really, really hard."In addition to his wife and daughter, Debudey is survived by his three younger brothers and his mother and father. The family is now left wondering who killed the 43-year-old."I know somebody saw something and, if you did, please say something," Lopez pleaded.Police released a dark image of a person of interest whom they are trying to identify, and they have said they do not know if one or more people are behind the murders."We just want to know what happened. It's been a tremendous tragedy for our family, and we just want answers," Lopez said.

STOCKTON, Calif. —

The family of 43-year-old Salvador Debudey, Jr. is looking for answers after he was shot and killed in August in what Stockton police are calling a string of homicides believed to be interconnected.

The Stockton native leaves behind a wife and a 14-year-old daughter.

Stockton police said Debudey's murder is one in a string of unsolved deadly shootings since July that they believe may be connected. In each case, police said, the victim was a man who was killed while by himself after dark.

These are the five cases believed to be linked:

July 8 - 35-year-old Paul Alexander Yaw was killed at the 5600 block of Kermit Lane at 12:31 a.m.
Aug. 11 - 43-year-old Salvador William Debudey, Jr. was killed at the 4900 block of West Lane at 9:49 p.m.
Aug. 30 - 21-year-old Hispanic man was killed at the 800 block of East Hammer Lane at 6:41 a.m.
Sept. 21 - 52-year-old Hispanic man was killed at the 4400 block of Manchester Avenue at 4:27 a.m.
Sept. 27 - 54-year-old Lorenzo Lopez was killed at the 900 block of Porter Avenue at 1:51 a.m.

"It’s caused a lot of pain, a lot of pain to our family," said Analydia Lopez, the wife of Salvador Debudey.

She said she met Debudey roughly 28 years ago when they were students at Franklin High School. They reconnected later in life and were married for 12 years.

Debudey was shot to death just before 10 p.m. on Aug. 11 in a parking lot near Popeyes off West Lane, according to Stockton police.

"To be honest with you, a part of me died with him that day," Lopez said. "It's been hard. It's been really, really hard."

In addition to his wife and daughter, Debudey is survived by his three younger brothers and his mother and father. The family is now left wondering who killed the 43-year-old.

"I know somebody saw something and, if you did, please say something," Lopez pleaded.

Police released a dark image of a person of interest whom they are trying to identify, and they have said they do not know if one or more people are behind the murders.

Stockton Police Department

Photo from Stockton Police Department of person of interest sought in string of killings that they said appear to be connected.

"We just want to know what happened. It's been a tremendous tragedy for our family, and we just want answers," Lopez said.

Family of victim in Stockton serial killings calls for justice

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