Cesario Garibay BenitezThe Fresno County Sheriff's Office said an arrest has been made in a Parlier murder case.More >> The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said an arrest has been made in a Parlier murder case. On Thursday afternoon, officers with the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 51-year-old Cesario Garibay Benitez in New London in Tulare County.More >> The Fresno County Sheriff's Department is looking for the man who detectives believe shot and killed a man in a Parlier home.More >> The Fresno County Sheriff's Department is looking for the man who detectives believe shot and killed a man in a Parlier home. Authorities believe 51-year-old Cesario Garibay Benitez is responsible for the murder of Israel Lopez.More >>
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) -
A Fresno County jury on Friday found 52-year-old Cesario Garibay Benitez guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in Parlier.
Investigators say Benitez shot 34-year-old Israel Lopez in the head outside a home near K and Merced streets in March 2011. Lopez was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
About a week later, officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Benitez in Tulare County. Authorities say he still had the murder weapon.
Benitez faces 50 years to life in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 6.
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