ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police arrested two suspects Tuesday in the murder of a man reported as missing last week.

Detectives arrested 25-year-old Preston Ball and 32-year-old Adam Perrucci. They are suspects in the murder of Matthew Aragon, who family members reported missing.

According to the Albuquerque Police Department, Aragon left his house in his white Chrysler 300 on Nov. 22. When he went missing, Aragon was not able to speak well and had left behind the medicine he needed while recovering from brain surgery.

According to police, Aragon left to go to Perrucci’s home in the North Valley. Ball told Aragon’s sister that he and Perrucci were with Aragon at that home.

Ball allegedly claimed that Perrucci hit Aragon in the head with an unknown object and then hit him again with a chair. Then, Perrucci allegedly told Aragon’s sister that he placed a plastic bag over Aragon’s head to suffocate him, killing him.

Police allege that Perrucci and Ball put Aragon’s body in his white Chrysler 300 that he left home with and dropped off his body in Los Lunas the next day. Before returning to Albuquerque, police said they stopped by a casino.

When issuing the missing person alert, police said they saw his car at a gas station near 4th Street and Montaño but the driver didn’t match Aragon’s description and they didn’t see Aragon.

Police say Perrucci and Ball each face charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence.

A judge ordered Perrucci to stay in jail until his trial. Ball will learn Tuesday if he will have to do the same.

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