A 21-year-old man was charged this week with killing a person by setting him on hearth close to a residential avenue in Pasadena on New 12 months’s Day 2021, authorities mentioned.
Jeovani Pluma was already in jail on an unrelated case when Pasadena detectives linked him to the loss of life of Ulises Nieto-Cabrera, 30, Pasadena police Lt. Keith Gomez mentioned.
Nieto-Cabrera was discovered by Pasadena officers about 8 a.m. within the space of the 700 block of Rockwood Street, close to La Loma Bridge, with extreme burn accidents, Gomez mentioned. He died at a neighborhood hospital.
The residential avenue backs as much as the Arroyo Seco Path.
Pasadena detectives from the Theft/Murder Unit labored a whole lot of hours investigating Nieto-Cabrera’s killing, Gomez mentioned. Police mentioned in Could that he was deliberately focused and attacked and requested for assist from the general public to establish a suspect.
“Their unwavering tenacity to fixing this grim homicide resulted within the identification of a suspect,” Gomez mentioned.
Inmate information confirmed Pluma was arrested July 22. Pasadena police mentioned the arrest was on suspicion of a hit-and-run in Los Angeles during which two bicyclists had been hit by a Jeep Cherokee, one in all whom died.
Detectives in Los Angeles recognized Pluma as the driving force within the hit-and-run, although particulars on that case weren't disclosed by Pasadena police.
Pluma was being held in jail on $4 million bail, in keeping with inmate information.
He was charged with two counts of homicide, arson, torture and two counts of hit-and-run driving Thursday by the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace, in keeping with court docket information.
The 2 circumstances have been mixed, and a court docket date to enter a plea has not but been set.