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The California Highway Patrol has announced that an arrest has been made in the case of a Hollister, California, man whose body was found in the trunk of a Tesla parked on the side of a highway in Merced County in July.
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The victim was identified as Javier Becerril Jr., a 42-year-old from Hollister, according to the CHP Central Division, which investigated the case.
The CHP Central Division and Merced County District Attorney’s Office held a press conference Wednesday morning in California’s Central Valley to announce the arrest and arraignment of the suspect, Manuel Adrian Salceda, 39, of Turlock.
At about 12:20 p.m. July 9, the CHP Merced Communications Center received a report of a missing person believed to be on Highway 152 east of Lower Cottonwood Road.
Officers from the CHP Los Banos area and deputies from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene. When they opened the trunk of a white Tesla sedan, they discovered Becerril’s body.
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According to BenitoNews.com, the Merced County Coroner’s office said Becerril died of a gunshot wound to the neck. He had also been assaulted, CHP said.
After a three-month CHP investigation, Salceda was apprehended in Dublin on Oct. 11. According to online jail records, He was booked into the Merced County Jail last Friday. He has been charged with murder and other enhancement charges.
Salceda was convicted of felony criminal threats involving a child abuse charge in 2010, Merced County District Attorney Nicole Silveira said during the press conference.
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