1 Arrested, 1 Sought In Killings Of Alabama Men In Butte County

GRIDLEY (CBS13) — One antheral is successful custody and different antheral is sought successful transportation to the execution of 2 Alabama men successful the Gridley area, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.

Ricardo Banuelos, Villarreal, 30, of Gridley, was arrested connected November 14 astatine a residence successful Yuba City. He was booked into the Butte County Jail wherever helium faces 2 counts of murder. An apprehension warrant for 2 execution charges was obtained for 35-year-old Alfredo Banuelos-Villarreal, besides of Gridley. Multiple instrumentality enforcement agencies are actively searching for Alfredo, who tin beryllium seen successful images below.

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Both men are suspected of sidesplitting John Dubose, 20, and Ladexter Pelt, 25, and hiding their bodies, the sheriff’s bureau said successful a quality release.

The sheriff’s bureau said household members of some men contacted Gridley constabulary and reported them some missing successful November. On November 13, the sheriff’s bureau joined Gridley constabulary successful the investigation.

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Pelt and Bubose were determined to person flown to Sacramento and past traveled up to Butte County, wherever authorities accidental they had mislaid interaction with family.

Over the people of the investigation, detectives located grounds starring them to judge Pelt and Dubose were murdered astatine a residence successful the Gridley area, the sheriff’s bureau said. More grounds led detectives to place some of the suspects.

According to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, respective radical person been interviewed implicit the past 3 weeks successful Gridley, Marysville, Yuba City, Sacramento, the Bay Area and Los Angeles, successful summation to friends and household of the 2 men killed. Anyone who has interacted oregon had interaction with either fishy implicit the past 3 months is asked to interaction the sheriff’s office.

Additional grounds was provided to investigators that pointed to Pelt and Dubose’s lives ending soon aft their accomplishment successful Butte County, the sheriff’s bureau said. Their bodies person not yet been located.

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In the hunt for Alfredo, investigators said they are besides searching for a 2008 Nissan Altima with a California licence sheet number: 6VAR204.

CBS13 Staff