Saginaw's latest homicide victim ID'd, juvenile arrested

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By Wesley Goheen, Operations Manager Newsradio 1250 AM - email

SAGINAW, MI (WNEM) -

Saginaw Police are investigating another homicide with the victim being killed with a knife.

Officers said they found 34-year-old Rogelio Joseph Garza, Jr. with critical injuries inside a home in the 2300 block of State Street.

Saginaw County 911 paged out the incident just before 6 p.m. on Monday. Garza, Jr. was pronounced dead about an hour later at an area hospital.

A juvenile suspect is in custody in connection to the incident. No further information was released.

It was Saginaw's fourth homicide of 2012.

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