Randleman man who killed roommate, hid body in closet accused of assaulting officer at Randolph County Detention Center
Nov 05, 2024
Editor's Note: The above video accompanied coverage of this suspect's case from October 2022.
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — An inmate at the Randolph County Detention Center has been charged after allegedly assaulting an officer on Friday.
According to a media release, David James Alexandro Rosales, 28, of Randleman, assaulted an officer and was charged with felony assault causing physical injury to a detention employee.
David James Alexandro Rosales (Randolph County Sheriff's Office)
Rosales was given no bond. He appeared in court on Monday.
Rosales has been incarcerated since Oct. 11, 2022 for the murder of his roommate Katie Marie Bishop.
Before he did that, officers said he rammed his roommate’s car into a car that his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend were in.
A crash report provided by the Asheboro Police Department at the time indicated that Rosales was driving a Hyundai owned by Katie Marie Bishop. The Hyundai apparently rammed into the victim’s Honda from the rear right corner and then hit the other car again on the passenger side.
Rosales was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with the deadly weapon, assault on a female, communicating threats and injury to personal property.
According to the Randleman Police Department, after Rosales was taken into custody, he “had told officers he had murdered Katie Bishop and her body was in a closet” in the apartment they both lived in. Asheboro police then requested that the Randleman Police Department assist them and locate Bishop.
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When officers with Randleman police got to Reece Court, no one answered the door and officers entered the apartment through a window. Officers found Bishop’s body in a closet, as Rosales had said. Police say that it initially appears that Bishop had been stabbed and beaten with a blunt object.
No motive was provided and the relationship between Rosales and Bishop is unknown, other than the fact that they lived together.