Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In La Quinta Cold Case Killing
On Friday, June 13, Whitewater resident Jorge Huerta-Arias, 24, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the slaying.
LA QUINTA, CA — Nearly six years ago, a 19-year-old Anthony Carrillo of Cathedral City was found shot inside a La Quinta residence in the 53000 block of Avenida Madero.
Despite efforts to save him, he died at a local hospital.
After several years of investigation by Riverside County sheriff's detectives, the case went cold with no arrest.
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More recently, however, investigators from the sheriff's Central Homicide Unit re-examined the case.
"Through this review, additional evidence and information were identified, and the investigation was re-opened," according to the sheriff's department.
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The work led to an arrest.
On Friday, June 13, Whitewater resident Jorge Huerta-Arias, 24, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the slaying. He's being held at Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta in lieu of $3 million bail and is due in court on Wednesday, according to jail records.
This investigation is ongoing, and no further information has been released.
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