CALDWELL -- We have new details about the suspect authorities believe is connected to the murder of Selena Thomas.
Court documents say Alfredo Martinez admitted that he hit Thomas, his girlfriend, with a hammer and during the fight she hit her head on a dresser and died.
The reports are disturbing. These are the police records involving Martinez from Nampa Police over the last 10 years.
We also learned that he had been released from prison about seven months ago.
According to the Idaho Department of Correction, Martinez served time for possession of a controlled substance in Canyon County and escape out of Ada County.
We got several police reports detailing Martinez's criminal past.
One from 2005 says Martinez's wife reported that he elbowed her in the mouth and wouldn't let her leave the home.
Another from 2006 says Martinez's girlfriend reported that he shoved her into a fan, punched her in the face, pushed her out the door, and choked her with both hands. That report led at an attempted strangulation charge.
Another report from about a month later says Martinez physically abused a woman and her child.
As for the latest case of domestic violence involving Martinez, the body of Selena Thomas was removed Friday afternoon from a cornfield south of Melba. The Canyon County coroner positively identified the victim as Thomas. An autopsy was performed, but no other details were released.
Martinez is being held in the Canyon County Jail without bond on a parole violation and has not been charged in connection with the murder. No word yet on when that will happen.
