{"id":420,"date":"2026-06-01T19:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:35:28","slug":"man-kills-3-generations-of-family-including-baby-in-modesto-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"Man kills 3 generations of family, including baby, in Modesto, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three generations of a family are dead after a man who lived with them killed a grandmother, mother and baby,\u00a0Modesto police said.<\/p>

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Shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Modesto police officers came to a home on the 1600 block of Monterey Avenue for a report of a disturbance. When they entered the residence, they first found Fabiola Gonzalez-Nunez, 23, dead from stab wounds. As they moved through the home, they then discovered the body of Maria Silvia Nunez-Villalobos, 54, and a two-week-old baby, both with stab wounds. Nunez-Villalobos was declared deceased at the scene, and the baby was taken to a nearby hospital where he died. A second child, a 3-year-old, was discovered uninjured in the home. Police are not identifying the children.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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Fabiola was the mother of the infant and the 3-year-old, and Maria was Fabiola\u2019s mother, police said.<\/p><\/div>

As officers processed the scene, they learned the suspect might still be in the area, Modesto police said in a weekend news release. To err on the side of caution, nearby Orville Wright Elementary School was evacuated, and students and staff were moved to La Loma Junior High while police searched for the suspect.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

Police found the suspect, Joaquin Escoto, 28, hiding in a residence not far from the crime scene. He was arrested on suspicion of three counts of murder and an outstanding warrant for an alleged DUI in Modesto.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

\u201cBased on the information currently available,\u201d Escoto was living in the home with the victims and was in a relationship with Fabiola Gonzalez-Nunez, police said. While the \u201cexact nature of their relationship remains under investigation,\u201d police said Escoto and Gonzalez-Nunez are the parents of both children in the home.\u00a0<\/p>

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