Cause of death: Stab wound; homicide.
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Knife Wounds Kill Youth, 19
Police were trying to round up four men Sunday to piece out the story of a stabbing that took the life of Victor Badilla, 19, of 2007 San Fernando St.
The youth was found at 1:15 a.m. by Police Patrolman John Andrews. He had been stabbed once in the chest and once in the abdomen. A knife with a six-inch blade was found nearby.
Justice of the peace John N. Ogden ordered an autopsy.
Det. Sgt. Eddie Campa said a witness, Juan Mercado, 20, of 135 Huntington St., was with Badilla when four men attacked them. Mercado said he was able to escape after flailing one attacker with a belt.
- San Antonio Express
January 7, 1952
Cause of death: Stab wound; homicide.
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Knife Wounds Kill Youth, 19
Police were trying to round up four men Sunday to piece out the story of a stabbing that took the life of Victor Badilla, 19, of 2007 San Fernando St.
The youth was found at 1:15 a.m. by Police Patrolman John Andrews. He had been stabbed once in the chest and once in the abdomen. A knife with a six-inch blade was found nearby.
Justice of the peace John N. Ogden ordered an autopsy.
Det. Sgt. Eddie Campa said a witness, Juan Mercado, 20, of 135 Huntington St., was with Badilla when four men attacked them. Mercado said he was able to escape after flailing one attacker with a belt.
- San Antonio Express
January 7, 1952
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