ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police arrested a man accused of a deadly stabbing in the Northeast Heights Saturday night.
Chaz Estrada, 38, is accused of stabbing Travis Zabroski, 42, following an argument at a storage facility located at 5115 San Mateo Blvd. NE.
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Detectives learned that Zabroski was at the storage facility with a woman who was renting a unit. At some point, a man, later identified as Estrada, arrived at the storage facility. APD said Estrada knew Zabroski and the woman.
Police said the two men got into a heated argument at the storage unit, and Zabroski later walked away from the facility and went west on McCleod Road. Video surveillance showed Estrada following Zabroski as he walked toward Hardware Drive, according to APD.
Officers were later called to the area of Hardware Drive and McCleod after a couple noticed a body in the street. Officers identified the body as Zabroski and noted that he had several wounds on his body, including a stab wound on the chest.
Police said Estrada walked back to the storage facility after the murder, and detectives found a blood trail was discovered, leading to the facility and the unit where the initial argument occurred.
Estrada, who was staying at a halfway house after being released from jail, was arrested Sunday on charges of an open count of murder and tampering with evidence.
He was booked overnight into the Metro Detention Center.
