Man arrested after killing a 60-year-old food delivery driver in Glendale

GLENDALE, AZ (3Tv set/CBS 5) – A person has been arrested immediately after law enforcement claimed he killed a 60-calendar year-aged girl who was offering food items to him in Glendale before this thirty day period. Officers stated they were being responding to a report that a auto experienced driven off of the road into a landscaping place close to Bell Highway and 61st Avenue on June 11 about 7:30 p.m. The vehicle’s airbags did not go off, and it appeared to be a lower-influence accident. The driver, later determined as Pamela Rae Martinez from Glendale, died at the scene.

Pamela Martinez, 60, was killed on her last food delivery stop on June 11 in Glendale. Rusty... — Pamela Martinez, 60, was killed on her very last food shipping and delivery cease on June 11 in Glendale. Rusty French has been arrested in connection with her demise.(The Martinez Family)

A witness told officers that Martinez was parked on the facet of the road and a person, later on recognized as Rusty French, standing up coming to her vehicle. Law enforcement said the witness saw French get into his van, parked next to Martinez’s car, and travel off. Police later on learned that Martinez had just completed her last meals shipping and delivery and, for some purpose taken a image of French though he was driving his van.

Investigators questioned French whilst his house was searched on Wednesday, June 15. Through questioning, detectives showed French the photograph Martinez had taken of him just moments just before she died. French admitted to investigators it was him in the photo but argued that he “must have blacked out” at the time. In the course of their research of French’s household, detectives found numerous Handguns, a single of which matched the gun utilised in the shooting, ballistic checks confirmed.

Law enforcement say neither French nor Martinez realized each individual other. French was arrested on Thursday and booked for alleged second-degree murder. The Maricopa County Attorney’s workplace will identify what rates French will encounter in court.