Marin Workplace Homicide Suspect Convicted

SAN RAFAEL, CA — A Contra Costa County man was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with a 2021 Marin workplace killing, San Rafael police said.

Miguel Jimenez Alejandre of Bay Point was 33 at the time of his arrest on suspicion of murder on May 12, 2021, police said.

The landscaping worker at the time of his arrest confessed to killing his supervisor, David Nunez Sanchez, 42 of Pittsburg, the previous day, according to police.

Alejandre has not yet been sentenced.

The investigation began when a family member of the victim contacted Pittsburg authorities after Nunez Sanchez did not return from work at the San Rafael site, police said.

Authorities searching the area near the work site found Nunez Sanchez’s body buried under some brush and branches, deliberately hidden from view by someone in the estimation of officers on the scene according to police.

“After several weeks of court testimony in front of a Marin County Superior Court jury, Alejandre was found guilty of first-degree murder,” police said in a news release.

“Although nothing will be able to fill the void of this senseless crime, SRPD Detectives have been determined to pursue justice for the family of Nunez Sanchez.”