Crime & Safety
2 Additional Arrests Made In Slaying Of Wildomar Man
Four other suspects already are in custody for murder of the 31-year-old, whose body was found mid-August by a hiker near Ortega Highway.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — Two additional individuals were arrested in recent days, bring the suspect pool to six, in the murder of a 31-year-old Wildomar man, Frery "Freddy" Coronel, whose body was discovered by a hiker over a mid-August weekend in the Cleveland National Forest
Melissa Unger, 23, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested on Sept. 11, and Tyrone Jones, 37 , of Yorba Linda, was arrested on Sept. 19 in connection with the case and booked into local jails, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said.
Previous suspects arrested in the case were Christina Meza, 30, Christian Meza, 28, and Alejandro Villegas, 25, all from Lake Elsinore, — all booked at Cois Byrd Detention in Murrieta for suspicion of murder with gang, kidnapping and torture enhancements.
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Another suspect, Roberto Camacho, 43, of Lake Elsinore, was in custody out of the county, with plans to transport him to Riverside County to be booked for the same charges, deputies said.
On Saturday, Aug. 17, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff Station responded to a report from a hiker of a deceased male, in an open area west of the roadway at South Main Divide about three-and-a-half miles south of Ortega Highway.
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CalFire initially responded and pronounced Coronel deceased at the scene.
Based on trauma found on the victim, a crime scene was secured, and a homicide investigation was launched, deputies said.
Anyone with additional information on the case can contact Central Homicide Investigator Manjarrez at (951) 955-2777, or Lake Elsinore Sheriff Station Investigator Gilbert at (951) 245-3300. Citizens also may submit tips using the Sheriff's Homicide Tipline online form.
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