San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators are asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out a person who was fatally shot together with 5 others final month in a distant a part of the Mojave Desert in what authorities consider was a dispute over unlawful marijuana.
The Sheriff’s Division launched what they hope are recognizable pictures on Thursday of the person’s face, scars alongside his physique and a tattoo on the left aspect of his chest.
The six our bodies had been found Jan. 23 round 8 p.m. in the neighborhood of El Mirage within the unincorporated space of Adelanto after one of many victims known as 911 to report that he had been shot, however didn’t know the place precisely he was.
A number of the males had been badly burned and all of them had been fatally shot, investigators mentioned.
All however one of many victims has been recognized.
Investigators describe the unknown man as Latino, between 30 and 60 years outdated, standing at 5 ft and 5 inches, weighing 142 kilos and having medium-length, curly black hair and brown eyes, based on a information launch.
The person has a big surgical scar on the within of his proper forearm that stretches towards the highest of his arm, investigators mentioned. He additionally has a big linear scar on the surface of his proper arm that extends from his elbow to his forearm and a surgical plate inside the identical arm. As well as, there’s an irregular formed scar on the entrance of his left forearm and elbow space and a linear scar on his proper thigh, based on the information launch.
The person additionally has a tattoo on the left aspect of his chest that reads “Gio” or “Gia” authorities mentioned.
The opposite victims had been recognized as Baldemar Mondragon-Albarran, 34; Franklin Noel Bonilla, 22; Kevin Dariel Bonilla, 25; Jose Ruelas-Calderon, 45; and a fifth man whose household has not been contacted but, based on investigators.
The recognized victims had been Latino, probably Honduran nationals. They lived in Adelanto and Hesperia, authorities mentioned.
5 males had been arrested on Jan. 28 in connection with the killings and charged with homicide. Investigators arrested Toniel Baez-Duarte, 34; Mateo Baez-Duarte, 24; Jose Nicolas Hernandez-Sarabia, 33; Jose Gregorio Hernandez-Sarabia, 34; and Jose Manuel Burgos Parra. 26.