Memorial growing outside Reedley home where 4 homicide victims lived

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REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- There is simply a increasing memorial connected the broadside of the location wherever 3 of the 4 household members were recovered dead.

The victims' loved ones are distraught and successful fearfulness close present arsenic 2 radical arrested successful the lawsuit person posted bail.

But they are besides focused connected uncovering justness arsenic they grieve the nonaccomplishment of 4 household members recovered murdered successful Reedley.

We spoke with 1 of their relatives, whose look we are hiding due to the fact that of her fear.

"It's conscionable been a daze that ne'er should've happened. You spot it each the clip successful the news. You ne'er deliberation it's going to hap to you," they say.

Saturday morning, Reedley constabulary were called to this location connected Church adjacent Curtis for reports of a burglary.

Officers recovered an bare harmless that was pried unfastened and initially discovered 2 bodies successful the backyard.

They were identified arsenic 44-year-old Guadalupe Bonds and 81-year-old Billy Bonds.

Detectives besides noticed freshly dug dirt, which led them to Billy's 61-year-old son, Darrell Bonds, buried successful a shallow grave.

"We began dilatory excavating that country by hand, and during that time, we recovered what appeared to beryllium a assemblage portion of a person," says Reedley Police Chief Joe Garza.

Tuesday morning, officers recovered a 4th assemblage successful this detached store portion serving a hunt warrant astatine a location adjacent door.

They confirmed it was Darrell's lad and Guadalupe's husband, 43-year-old Matthew Bonds, who had been missing since Saturday.

The fishy accused of sidesplitting each 4 household members is simply a 17-year-old boy, Matthew's neighbour and friend.

The teen, who tried moving from constabulary earlier being taken into custody, is present down bars connected 4 counts of murder.

"We cognize determination are different radical perchance progressive successful this; my content is the 17-year-old didn't perpetrate this connected his own, truthful we are actively searching for different suspects and radical who whitethorn person accusation connected what whitethorn person occurred," explained Chief Garza.

The teen's mother, 34-year-old Brynn Curtis, and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Rafel Gonzalez, were arrested connected charges of accessory aft the fact.

Both person had anterior run-ins with constabulary and are present retired connected bail.

During the hunt of Curtis' home, spot belonging to her neighbor, Billy, was recovered.

Police judge the items that were taken could beryllium a motive for the murders.

"We decidedly privation justice, and we privation everybody that's progressive successful it to beryllium caught and not connected the streets," says the victim's household member.

Guadalupe's household plans to person a vigil sometime this Friday.

A GoFundMe account has been acceptable up for ceremonial expenses.

As for the 2 suspects who are retired connected bail, Rafael Gonzalez and Brynn Curtis, they are scheduled to look successful tribunal aboriginal this month.

The 17-year-old has a detention proceeding scheduled successful juvenile tribunal connected Thursday.

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