A man complained that his roommate had ransacked his room. Days later he was found buried in the backyard

The body of one California The man was found buried in the backyard of his home, days after he complained that his roommate had ransacked his bedroom.

Leona Hodo says she last spoke to her son Bradley Minder on Oct. 12, shortly after he told her his roommate had entered his room and trashed it.

“He wanted to let me know that he’s back in the house that he was cleaning out his room because the guy broke into his room and destroyed a lot of stuff,” she told ABC 7. “He told me he was going to do that . It’s going to be okay, said, ‘I love you mom, you’re my rock,’ and that was the last time I spoke to my son,” she said.

Police discovered his body three days later when officers went to the home in Riverside, about 60 miles from Los Angeles, after Minder had not been seen or heard from for days.

That’s where police found his roommate, 48-year-old Richard Thomas Martinez. Martinez began making statements claiming to have killed his roommate, police said. Officers arrested the man while searching the home and found remains buried in the backyard.

The house belonged to Martinez’s grandfather and the two men did not know each other well.

“Bradley didn’t really know him, the guy was in trouble somehow or something. He was out of his mind… drugs – he was smoking meth and stuff all the time,” Vinnie Casella, Minder’s brother, told the outlet.

Less planned to leave the house as soon as he found another room to rent.

“The day after police arrested the man, he thought he would be safe and not have to worry about the man being gone, and he came back and all his stuff was destroyed,” Casella added.

Martinez was originally arrested for disorderly conduct and possession of a controlled substance. He was accused of attacking his grandfather and also vandalizing his brother’s room murderthe outlet reports.

Martinez will be arraigned on murder charges on November 4.

Hodo described her son as loving, adding that he had a “heart of gold.” His family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with his funeral costs. It has raised more than $5,000 out of a $10,000 goal.