A man has been arrested in San Fernando in connection with the brutal killing of a woman whose burned body was found in 2022 on the side of a freeway in Bakersfield, authorities said Thursday.
Homicide detectives served a warrant at about 5 a.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Knox Street and arrested 30-year-old Juan Figuroa, who was booked on suspicion of murdering 27-year-old Karla Terron, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
“For the last year and eight months, investigators from the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol and the San Fernando Police Department have conducted an extensive investigation, including two press conferences regarding this case,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The agency added that investigators are working on making additional arrests “for others involved in this case.”
The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office for filing consideration.