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UPDATE: 07/20/2016 5:00 p.m. Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit arrested a suspect accused of killing a man in the community of the Valle Vista. On Tuesday, July 19, investigators began an investigation into the death of a man who was killed just after midnight in the 25600 block of Araucana Street. Coroner’s officials identified the victim as Jason […]
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MEADOWBROOK – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Central Homicide Unit is conducting a homicide investigation after a man died from injuries he sustained during an assault that occurred Saturday, July 16. The assault reportedly occurred at a residence in the 27000 block of Highway 74, in the unincorporated community of Meadowbrook. Meadowbrook is located northeast of Lake Elsinore and southwest […]
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UPDATED: 07/02/2016 11:00 a.m. With coroner’s release of identification RIVERSIDE – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have released the name of a 31-year-old Riverside man found buried in a shallow grave. The murder investigation and search for the victim’s body began Saturday, June 18, at about 6 a.m. after the department’s Robbery/Homicide Unit received an anonymous tip about a possible homicide, according […]
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RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Robbery/Homicide detectives arrested two men, charged with shooting four different men in two separate fatal incidents. The two early morning shootings occurred just one day apart Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26. Two of the four men who were shot died from their injuries. Following investigative leads, detectives located Victor Gastelum and Jacob Gamboa III […]
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SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials have confirmed locating and recovering the body of 37-year-old Jerome Salgado Jr., a San Jacinto resident who had been reported missing Sunday, May 22. According to a missing person report filed with the sheriff’s department, Salgado was last seen in the Hemet area Friday, May 20. The victim was identified by Coroner’s officials as […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – A man who called 911 to report a theft of property instead led responding deputies to a woman who had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. The early-morning investigation began at a residence in the 10000 block of Jurupa Road, in Jurupa Valley, on Sunday, June 5, according to a sheriff official. Deputies identified the man as Rene Quintanilla […]
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UPDATED: 05/17/2016 11:12 p.m. WHITEWATER – Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Cabazon Station arrested a man on Thursday, May 12, accused of murdering a woman, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Jeff Buompensiero. The investigation began after California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to the report of a traffic collision on Tipton Road, one-half mile west of Whitewater off ramp, […]
Read moreWritten for Valley News. Click link for full story. PERRIS: Dead infant found in woman’s apartment – suspect ID’d
Read moreWritten for Valley News. Click link for full story. UPDATED: Coroner ID’s victim killed in Temecula homicide
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UPDATE #4 4/12/2016 2 p.m. Writer’s note: An early version of this incident referenced a gold mini-van as possibly related to this investigation. That turned out to not be the case and I updated my report last night accordingly. I apologize for any confusion this error might have caused. BANNING – Banning Police officers responding to the report of […]
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