2nd Suspect Arrested in Fresno County Murder

By KSEE News

2nd Suspect Arrested in Fresno County Murder

November 1, 2012 Updated Nov 1, 2012 at 5:27 PM PDT

(Press Release) The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a second suspect in connection with the shooting death of Adan Flores-Rodriguez early last month.

Thursday morning, 19-year-old Daniel Gutierrez Valencia of Selma was arrested without incident at his home in the 2000 block of Nebraska Avenue. Detectives from MAGEC and U.S. Marshals had been searching for Valencia, and made the arrest shortly before 10:00 a.m.

Flores-Rodriguez’ body was found on a dirt roadway just off of Cedar south of American on October 2nd. During the investigation, detectives identified Valencia and Robert Jose Navarro as being responsible for Flores-Rodriguez’ murder.

On October 22nd, 27-year-old Navarro was arrested in southern California.

Valencia is being transported to the Sheriff’s Office and will be booked into the Fresno County Jail on the murder warrant.

The investigation is continuing.

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