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A 36-year-old Columbia man, who police say fled to Mexico before Howard County investigators identified him as a suspect in a 2005 murder, is being held without bond in the county's detention center.
Joel Nunez Valles was recently extradited from Mexico, where he was in jail on an unrelated charge. Police say they found Valles' fingerprints on the body of Abolina Avila, a 51-year-old West Friendship man who was found stabbed to death in his home in the 13000 block of Frederick Road.
At a bond hearing Monday in Howard County District Court, Assistant State's Attorney Laurie Haas told Judge Mary C. Reese that Valles fled with the help of family and friends to Chihuahua, Mexico, within 48 hours of the homicide. Because of his former fugitive status, Haas said that Valles has been deemed a flight risk and asked that he be held without bond.
Joel Nunez Valles was recently extradited from Mexico, where he was in jail on an unrelated charge. Police say they found Valles' fingerprints on the body of Abolina Avila, a 51-year-old West Friendship man who was found stabbed to death in his home in the 13000 block of Frederick Road.
At a bond hearing Monday in Howard County District Court, Assistant State's Attorney Laurie Haas told Judge Mary C. Reese that Valles fled with the help of family and friends to Chihuahua, Mexico, within 48 hours of the homicide. Because of his former fugitive status, Haas said that Valles has been deemed a flight risk and asked that he be held without bond.
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