California police say an illegal alien teenager from El Salvador arrested in connection with the murder and dismemberment of a man found in an orchard in January.
Around 2 p.m. on Jan. 17, a farmer spotted a suspicious vehicle abandoned in the middle of an orchard near Belmont and Washoe streets west of Mendota and called police. When officers investigated, they found the dismembered body of 25-year-old Fraley Hernandez in the trunk of the car.
During the investigation, police identified the primary suspect and determined that Mr. Hernandez had been dead 11 days before his body was discovered.
Tuesday, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. Confirmed The illegal alien was arrested for the crime on Friday and booked into the Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus, officials said.
His identity has not yet been made public as he entered the juvenile system. Sheriff’s officials said the man is an illegal immigrant and was 17 years old at the time of the incident, but is now 18 years old.
The suspect is on probation for assaulting his mother, and police believe he is an acquaintance of the victim.
On Tuesday, KSEE-TV reported that the Fresno district attorney requested that the suspect be tried as an adult.
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Tony Botti said, “In our line of work, we see a lot of different ways to kill people. Shooting someone is bad enough, but there’s a certain disconnect there. “There is,” he said. “When you get so close that you disconnect the other person, it’s on a whole other level.”
Police are asking for the public’s help in the investigation. Anyone with information can contact police anonymously and may be eligible for a reward.
“It’s like they beat up their own mother and then chop up another guy in the blink of an eye,” Botti continued. “It’s very concerning. And this is someone we need to keep off the streets and incarcerate for the rest of his life.”
Mendota is a small agricultural town in central California with a population of approximately 11,000 people. Rated the worst city in America in 2019 From USA Today Because of high unemployment, crime, and poverty. This city calls itself the cantaloupe capital of the world.
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