Gregorio Arellano

Murderer

1known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Sparks, Nevada, USA
Date of birth: 1923
Age at first offence: 26
Characteristics: —
Victim profile: Esperanza Rodriguez
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: August 10, 1949
Years active: 1949
Date of arrest: Same day (suicide attempt)
Status: Executed
Executed by asphyxiation-gas on July 24, 1951

Case Summary

Background

Gregorio Arellano was executed in the Nevada State Prison on July 24, 1951. He was born in Hanford, California in 1923, but lived the majority of his life in Mexico. Arellano had been employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad until two weeks before the murder. He had known Esperanza Rodriguez, but they had never dated.

Arellano seemed obsessed with Rodriguez, and was under the assumption that she was his girl. He had been drinking almost steadily for about thirty hours before the time of the shooting.

The offence

Esperanza Rodriguez was murdered on August 10, 1949. Arellano shot her three times in the back.

Investigation

Arellano shot Esperanza Rodriguez three times in the back after she walked past the bar following finishing work at Hilp's Drug Store in Sparks, Nevada.

Aftermath

Arellano attempted suicide after shooting Rodriguez, but he eventually recovered. He was sent to the State Prison and was executed by the state on July 24, 1951. He was executed for the murder of Esperanza Rodriguez on August 10, 1949.

Other details

On the night of August 10, Arellano was sitting in the Crystal Bar in Sparks, Nevada when Esperanza Rodriguez walked past the bar after finishing work at Hilp's Drug Store in Sparks.

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