Suspect in 2018 death in Fresno County arrested, deputies say

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 38-year-old antheral has been arrested successful transportation with a homicide from 2018, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.

Homicide detectives arrested 38-year-old Anthony Yepez of Fresno connected Thursday.

38-year-old Anthony Yepez

On Oct. 21, 2018, a antheral looking for scrap metallic wrong a vacant location reported uncovering a dormant body. Deputies responded to the location connected the 2600 artifact of S. Willow Avenue successful Fresno.

The victim, aboriginal identified arsenic 34-year-old Ka Vang Her of Fresno. The sheriff's bureau said helium had suffered a fatal coiled to his head.

Deputies astatine the country considered the incidental suspicious, and homicide detectives were called to the country to statesman an investigation. At the time, aft detectives conducted interviews and analyzed evidence, they were incapable to find who was liable for Her's death.

In 2025, detectives developed caller accusation that Yepez was the fishy liable for the decease of Her.

Yepez was arrested adjacent Ashlan and Blackstone avenues. No further details astir the apprehension person been released.