Victim of Friday’s Las Cruces stabbing has died; arrest made

Las Cruces Police have arrested a Roswell man who is suspected in Friday night’s fatal stabbing on the 2100 block of West Picacho Avenue.

Rodolfo Martinez, 35, of Roswell, is charged with murder and one count of tampering with evidence.

LCPD dispatched to the report of a stabbing Friday evening, in the parking lot of the Western Inn on Picacho Ave.

When officers arrived they found 46-year-old Christopher Wray suffering from multiple stab wounds. Wray was transported to Mountainview Regional Medical Center. Wray died early Saturday morning.

Detectives learned that Martinez and Wray were seen by witnesses walking together shortly before the incident. The two men then got into a fight, and Martinez is alleged to have used a unknown sharp-edged object to stab Wray multiple times.

Witnesses told officers, Martinez then fled from the area. Officers located Martinez a short distance away and he was taken into custody Friday.

Martinez has been booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center and is currently being held without bond.