A violent brute shot his parents, teen sister and family dog to death – and dragged their corpses to a ravine near his New Mexico house to “bury them,” prosecutors alleged.
Adlai Mestre, 24, was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder and animal cruelty this week for the heinous killings inside his Tijeras home on Oct. 13, 2024, the Bernalillo County District Attorney announced.
Police responded to the grisly scene after reports of gunfire and found Mestre outside his home, clutching a gun and a loaded magazine, court papers obtained by McClatchy News showed.
Adlai Mestre was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder and animal cruelty. KRQE / YouTube
Mestre was reportedly scrambling to clean up the carnage when cops arrived – also finding a hammer, a blood-stained meat tenderizer, along with gory drag marks and mop streaks on the floor.
The lifeless bodies of his parents, Bertha