Photo: Moreno Valley Police Department
Police believe missing California teenAranda Brioneswas murdered, and have arrested two brothers in her presumed death.
Owen Skyler Shover, 18, and Gary Anthony Shover, 21, were “arrested for the murder” of Briones, according to a statement from theRiverside County Sheriff’s Department.
At apress conferenceTuesday, Riverside County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Durham said officials received evidence that led them to believe Briones, 16, who was last seen on Jan. 13, was murdered. “I don’t know what was taken from their backyard, but I do know evidence was collected that confirmed that [she] was the victim of a homicide,” Durham said.
According to the victim’s family, she and the two suspects were high school friends,KTLAreported.
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Briones, a high school junior from Moreno Valley, was last seen at the Moreno Valley Community Park, according to local authorities.
“Briones never returned home after spending the day with some friends. Over the past week, investigators have searched last known locations and spoke to several family and friends of Briones in an attempt to locate her,” the Moreno Valley Police Department said in astatementon Jan. 18.
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“I know what is true: she’s alive to me, she’s always going to be alive until I find her,” Briones’ father, Chapo Lee, tearfully said at the Moreno Valley police station on Tuesday,ABC7reported.
“I just barely got her back into my life, I hadn’t seen her since she was 4. I saw her for the first time in November, and it was the happiest moment of my life,” Lee said.
Briones’ uncle Matthew Horskotte previously toldKABCthat his niece “did have a bad choice of friends,” adding, “Everybody makes mistakes, but you know one thing I want? I just want her home safe.”
It was not immediately clear if the Shover brothers have entered a plea or retained an attorney who could comment on their behalf.
source: people.com
