Man arrested on murder charge after body found in Central El Paso dumpster fire

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder after authorities found a body in a dumpster fire in Central El Paso on Friday night.

According to the El Paso Police Department, Heriberto Chavez has been identified as the prime suspect in a murder after authorities found a dead man at the 900 block of N. Florence (behind the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief) after fire crews extinguished a dumpster fire.

Detectives with EPPD’s Crimes Against Persons unit took over the investigation after the body was found and determined the death was “suspicious in nature.”…

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