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PARLIER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral was recovered dormant Friday greeting successful Parlier, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office has ruled it arsenic a homicide investigation.
Deputies received a telephone astatine astir 6:30 Friday greeting astir a antheral who was injured, lying successful his gait connected South Zediker Avenue, South of Adams Avenue successful Parlier.
Deputies recovered 63-year-old Silvino Serrano dormant astatine the scene. Investigators yet discovered helium suffered trauma.
"At archetypal we thought it was a suspicious decease until we took a person look and got our lawman coroners involved. They recovered different signs oregon injuries that pointed toward this being a homicide," Tony Botti with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.
Tony Botti says Serrano was a begetter who worked arsenic a farmworker.
"He was a workplace worker. He was scheduled to spell to enactment successful the morning. Of course, helium ne'er showed up. He's a father, he's a husband, he's a full guiltless unfortunate successful this situation," Botti said.
He says Serrano's coworker was disquieted erstwhile Serrano ne'er came to prime him up.
"Mr. Serrano is simply a precise punctual person. He was really expected to spell prime up 1 of his coworkers, and erstwhile helium didn't amusement up, that idiosyncratic said 'This doesn't look similar him. I'm going to bash a small spot much digging and find out.' And it was that telephone that pointed america to the absorption of his home, and idiosyncratic determination is who yet recovered him retired successful the yard," Botti said.
In 2021, deputies besides investigated the decease of 52-year-old Silvano Mendoza, a person of Serrano's.
"They some worked arsenic workplace workers, and they're some dormant contiguous arsenic being unintended targets. So, it's conscionable precise strange. I mean, we're not saying that there's immoderate correlation betwixt these two, but, you know, it's conscionable benignant of it benignant of makes you reflect," Botti said.
Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction Sheriff’s Detective Jose Diaz astatine (559) 600-8204 oregon Detective Richard Antunez astatine (559) 600- 8221.
