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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities confirmed to Action News, the assemblage recovered successful agrarian Fresno County is that of 50-year-old Isabel Lucas-Velasco.
"She gets on with everybody. She's loving. Everybody knew her, she liked to enactment and was ever happy," says Mayra Perez, the victim's daughter.
A weeks-long probe ended successful calamity for authorities aft Lucas Velasco was past seen astatine a occupation tract successful agrarian Arroyo Grande connected September 12.
The adjacent day, connected September 13, she was reported missing, and it would beryllium weeks until the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office shared accusation astir seizing 2 trucks for evidence.
On Saturday, investigators, with the assistance of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, were led to an country on Highway 198 westbound of Coalinga. Following an extended search, Lucas Velasco's assemblage was found.
And connected Monday, authorities announced the apprehension of her ex-boyfriend, 45-year-old Alejandro Soriano-Ortiz and his brother, 40-year-old Celestino.
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Alejandro is charged with murder, and his member accessory.
The 2 brothers are accused of besides mounting the victim's car connected occurrence past filing a mendacious security claim.
With the lawsuit present successful court, ABC30 Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi says determination are inactive galore unanswered questions astir the narration betwixt the unfortunate and alleged killer.
"How agelong person they been apart? Have they been seen unneurotic earlier this happened? Those are factors that the defence needs to find retired earlier this lawsuit would spell immoderate further," says Capozzi.
The six-page ailment states the alleged execution progressive large unit and bodily harm, with a punctuation 'high grade of cruelty.'
It besides states the suspect was equipped with a limb and characterizes the unfortunate arsenic vulnerable.
It besides alleges the suspect planned the crime, threatened witnesses, and attempted to impact much people, including a minor.
Action News has learned the execution took spot successful San Louis Obispo County, but the assemblage was recovered successful Fresno County, abstracted from the burned car besides located adjacent Coalinga.
Looking person astatine the charges, Capozzi says the member could look a notably lesser condemnation which whitethorn connote helium is cooperating with authorities.
"It's beauteous wide successful this lawsuit that 1 of the brothers is cooperating and it seems beauteous wide it's the member who's an accessory that helped astatine this peculiar case," says Capozzi.
Heartache for the household that is present readying a funeral. Lucas Velasco's grandchildren left, asking wherever their grandma went.
"My grandma, are we going to my grandma's house? And I would archer her no, she's not there. She's working," says Perez.
Action News was told that this probe was rolled retired rapidly owed successful ample portion to the assistance of physics and integer forensics.
Both brothers did look successful tribunal connected Wednesday, but their arraignment was continued until aboriginal this period arsenic their defence requested to reappraisal further evidence.
They stay successful custody without bail.
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