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Here is a text overview of the news report regarding the San Jose double-murder case:

Prosecutors in Santa Clara County, California, filed double-murder charges against suspect Marcelino Castro after he confessed to killing two men days apart along the Guadalupe River in San Jose. Deputy District Attorney Michael Gadeberg described the case as unprecedented, stating he had “never seen a case like this” due to the total lack of apparent motive, describing the acts as driven by an inexplicable compulsion to kill.

• First Killing (September 13): Castro allegedly targeted an acquaintance, luring the victim to a secluded area near the riverbed by inviting him to smoke methamphetamine. The victim was strangled and had his throat slit.

• Second Killing (A few days later): Castro struck again using the same tactic, this time selecting a victim completely at random who was a total stranger. The second victim was strangled and bludgeoned with a rock.

• Pattern: Authorities noted that the progression from an acquaintance to a random stranger, combined with the lack of financial or personal motive, indicated that Castro likely would have continued killing had he not turned himself in.

• Castro first walked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail attempting to confess and surrender, but deputies on duty initially dismissed his claims.

• He then walked to the San Jose Police Department headquarters, approached a police lieutenant, and stated he had killed two people.

• Investigators took him into custody, and Castro escorted detectives directly to the two separate locations along the riverbed where both bodies were subsequently recovered.

Castro was charged with two counts of first-degree murder along with special circumstances. Following his surrender, his initial arraignment was set in Santa Clara County Superior Court, marking the city’s 20th and 21st homicides of that year.