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Tucson police arrest brother of victim as suspect in southwest side murder

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UPDATE 4:55 p.m. 11/13

TPD homicide detectives say they have identified 37-year-old Jesse Espinoza as the suspect in the murder of 39-year-old Carlos Torres. Espinoza is the brother of the victim, according to a news release from TPD.

Police say Espinoza was taken into custody Tuesday evening on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder and is currently booked into the Pima County Jail.

Tucson police arrest brother of victim as suspect in southwest side murder

UPDATE 2 p.m. 11/12:

Tucson Police identified the body found in the 1900 block of West Ajo Way Monday as 39-year-old Carlos Torres.

Torres' body was discovered at a home in the area by his fiancée, according to a TPD news release.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Tucson Police are investigating a body found on the city's southwest side this afternoon.

According to TPD, officers responded to reports of a body with signs of trauma in the 1900 block of West Ajo Way, west of South Mission Road, at just after 2 p.m.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

No suspects are in custody. The investigation is ongoing.