Fugitive Most Wanted for Stabbing Teenager

The victim was found with severe injuries a block away from a reported fight at the corner Maywood Street.

February 12, 2010

CALIFORNIA FUGITIVE NEWS -- Alexander Rodolfo Salazar is most wanted for the killing of a teenager in Escondido, California on the night of April 10, 2008. Salazar a.k.a. "PIOJO," is a known Diablos gang member being sought by Escondido Police Department for stabbing the 17-year-old Gerardo Daniel Medina, a student at Valley High School who was also employed at the gift store in the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

On the night of the murder, Escondido Police responded within three minutes to reports of four people fighting at the intersection of Mission and Midway. However, Officers found the teenager with severe injuries a block away, lying on the ground at the corner Maywood Street, approximately three blocks from his home. When the Escondido Fire Paramedics arrived, Medina was pronounced dead at the scene, after dying from the wounds that were allegedly inflicted by Alexander Salazar during the fight.

Alexander Rodolfo Salazar also uses the alias Alexander adolfo Salazar and is described as:

• Birth Date: November 10, 1990
• Height: 70 inches
• Weight: 135 pounds
• Eyes: Brown
• Hair: Black
• Sex: Male
• Race: Hispanic
• Escondido Case #08-05448
• Warrant: CN244669

Additionally, Salazar is has two scars, one especially visible vertically over his right eye, and the other scar is located on his right leg. Salazar is a U.S. citizen with a valid social security number, 619-40-0929, and a California driver's license number: D9328359. Salazar's prior criminal history includes battery, trespassing, and vandalism.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of this killer, Alexander Rodolfo Salazar, wanted for the stabbing of a teenager, is asked to contact Detective Gay of the Escondido Police Department at 760-839-4722.