Julio Angel Rivera was booked into jail 5 times in the past 5 years: From left, in 2019, twice in 2020, in 2022, and on Feb. 28, 2024, for charges including 2nd-degree murder.
Then, the driver made a left turn and “Units observed the victim fall out of the vehicle and impact the pavement on the south side of the road.” Eventually, units discovered the GMC abandoned and started looking for the handful of people believed to have been inside.The arrest report said one witness told police Rivera “was seated in the back seat began directing the driver of the vehicle to start driving toward an unknown location.“The GMC came to a stop and the victim climbed into the rear driver’s side seat.“ stated that the defendant appeared to be accusing the victim of stealing money from another, unknown person.
Jennings’ autopsy “found several internal injuries to include fractures to the victim's lumbar, pelvis, and spine,” plus “significant internal bleeding.” “The defendant initially stated that the victim jumped out of the truck but then changed his statement and claimed that he ‘blacked out.’