SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Prosecutors charged two young women with murdering a Hayward college football player who was stabbed to death outside a popular downtown San Jose nightclub. Mercedes Bette Rosales, 20, and her friend, 18-year-old Micaela Van, are facing first-degree murder charges for the death of Raymond Orozco.

Orozco did not know his killers, according to investigators. The women and Orozco were with separate groups of friends who crossed paths outside San Jose's hot spot for nightlife just before 1 a.m. on July 20, court documents obtained by KRON4 show.

The court documents also reveal a motive behind why two women allegedly murdered a football player whom they had never met before.

Detectives said Van pulled a knife out of her shoe, handed it to Rosales, and Rosales stabb

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