Two suspects have been arrested in the suspected killing of a Fresno woman who has been missing for nearly a year and a half.
Micaela Faith Navarro, 26, has not been seen since August of last year.
And now Christopher Edward Stephens, 37, and Ryan Randall Sutter, 29, have been charged in her death. Stephens, Navarro’s boyfriend, was charged with murder and Sutter was charged with accessory after the fact, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office said this week.
The DA’s Office said Navarro was killed around Sept. 1, 2023, by Stephens and he buried her body in Fresno County with the help of Sutter.
Navarro’s body hasn’t been located.
It was a tip from Crime Stopper saying that Stephens allegedly killed Navarro that led to the investigation into the disappearance, interim Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said during a news conference Thursday.
At least 50 people were contacted by detectives following the tip.
There was also concern when her social media accounts went dark: “That was another one of the clues that detectives used to help determine she was no longer with us,” Casto said.