{"id":22443,"date":"2012-10-02T23:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=22443"},"modified":"2016-08-08T12:19:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:19:46","slug":"suspects-arrested-in-7-month-old-carjack-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/10\/02\/suspects-arrested-in-7-month-old-carjack-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects arrested in 7-month-old carjack murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On March 5, 2012, 21-year-old Christian Bojorquez was found by a passerby in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was still conscious and breathing when he was airlifted to the hospital for treatment, but he died nine days later. Photo by LUIS MEZA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 In March of this year, a 21-year-old Palmdale man was shot in the head, carjacked and left for dead in the desert near 180th Street East and Avenue M.<\/p>\n

Christian Bojorquez<\/strong> was discovered by a passerby and airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injures. \u00a0Bojorquez died nine days later, and authorities asked for the public\u2019s help in finding two suspects, believed to be driving the victim\u2019s charcoal gray Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n

Nearly seven months later, authorities have arrested both suspects.<\/p>\n

Rosie Lisa Morales<\/strong>, 18, was arrested at a Palmdale motel last week and charged Friday with capital murder and arson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is connected to the carjacking where the guy was shot and left out in the desert to die, and he did die later,\u201d said Lancaster Community Relations Deputy Michael Rust.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my understanding that they burned the car up,\u201d Rust added, when asked about the arson charge.<\/p>\n

Rust said the other suspect, Rudolfo Robert Alcantar<\/strong>, 27, was arrested in early August. Alcantar was charged Friday with capital murder, arson, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to court records.<\/p>\n

For both Morales and Alcantar, the murder charge carries the special circumstances of lying in wait and murder during a kidnapping and carjacking, which makes it a potential death penalty case.<\/p>\n

Morales and Alcantar are being held without bail and are due in court on Monday, October 15 to answer charges.<\/p>\n

UPDATED October 15, 2012<\/span>: Rosie Morales and Rudolfo Alcantar appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom on October 15, however, neither of them entered a plea. Their arraignment was postponed until November. The AV Times will continue to closely follow this case and bring you more information as it becomes available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 In March of this year, a 21-year-old Palmdale man was shot in the head, carjacked and left for dead in the desert near 180th Street East and Avenue M. Christian Bojorquez was discovered by a passerby and airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injures. \u00a0Bojorquez died nine days later, and authorities asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}