[1] Jesse James Wade Valencia (February 22, 1981 – June 5, 2004) was born in Boyle County, Kentucky.
A retrial led to Rios' conviction of second-degree murder and armed criminal action, resulting in another life imprisonment and an additional twenty-three-year sentence.
Valencia spoke with his mother, Linda, about the extortion and described it as "stalking", yet he knew little to nothing about Rios, possibly including his name.
As the charges weren't dropped, Valencia was ready to report Rios to his department, which he told his friend Joan Sheridan.
He drank at the party and was making his way back on foot, having called one of his partners, Ed McDevitt, on the night in question.
Valencia was found dead between two campus buildings by a group of students during the morning, estimated to have been killed some time shortly before dawn.
Rios fully denied the murder, but he conceded that he and Valencia had sexual liaisons when Schermerhorn was brought up as a witness.
[4] Rios had called his captain, Zim Schwartze, implying guilt over some bad action, and he even said he'd purchased a shotgun and was intent on suicide.