On July 9, 1993 at around 9:45 in the evening a 10 year old boy ran to his neighbor?s house and began banging on the door for help. He told the neighbor that his mother?s boyfriend Adolfo Tobar, Jr had a knife and would not let his mother leave the house. When the boy ran outside to get help, Tobar chased him but he managed to make it to the neighbor?s house safely. When Deputies arrived they discovered Yolanda Martinez on the ground in her back yard. She had been stabbed numerous times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Tobar fled before Deputies arrived.