LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 19-year-old accused of killing a man kept a journal with a pros-and-cons list about becoming a serial killer, prosecutors said Friday.
A Clark County grand jury voted Thursday to indict Joshua Martinez on a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, prosecutors announced during a grand jury return hearing Friday. Martinez was previously in custody on an open murder charge.
Martinez is accused of shooting a man in the early morning hours of Feb. 17 outside of a business in the 6800 block of North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way.
Martinez returned home after the shooting and told his parents what he did, but they believed he was drunk, prosecutor Nick Portz said Friday. Martinez later searched for news articles about the shooting. A parent also saw news of the shooting on TV.
Several hours after the murder, a person arrived at the crime scene and identified Martinez as the person responsible, police said. Officers arrested Martinez later that morning.
“They found a journal in his room with a pros-and-cons list about becoming a serial killer,” Portz said.
Martinez remained in custody Friday. A judge declined to set bail after his arrest due to the murder charge.
