At 12:41 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28, Holbrook Police responded to a reported unresponsive subject at the Bread of Life Mission, located at 885 Hermosa Drive in Holbrook. According to Police Chief Nathan Christensen, witnesses reported that the subject, later identified as Ausencio Paul Martinez Jr., 22, of Overgaard who resided at the mission, left the mission around 5 a.m. that morning to work a job and returned about 9:30 a.m. Around 11 a.m. Martinez went to take a shower. Over an hour later another resident who had just showered, reported water coming out from under the door of the shower Martinez was using. Employees of the mission forced entry into the shower where they found him lying face down on the shower floor with the water still running. Upon arrival, police found Martinez unresponsive. Police and Holbrook EMS attempted life-saving measures but were unsuccessful. Police located drug paraphernalia near the body. The cause of death is unknown pending an autopsy.
