The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jesus Jose Astorga, who is accused of fleeing to Mexico to avoid prosecution for a 1999 first-degree murder in Kern County, California.
Astorga is sought in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man at a Shafter apartment on October 15, 1999, according to allegations by the Shafter Police Department.
Following the incident, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office charged Astorga with one count of murder in the first degree in the Bakersfield Municipal Court District on November 2, 1999. A federal arrest warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was later issued for Astorga in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on June 20, 2000…