Location: Road 124 and St. John's River

Incident Date: 10-16-13

Case Number: 14-1819

City: Lemon Cove

Posted by: Media Relations

Victim-V-1 Undisclosed Pending notification to the victim’s family

Suspect S-1 Jones, Danny Leo 47 YOA Lemon Cove Resident

Suspect S-2 Cain, Sonny Del   25 YOA Lemon Cove Resident

On 2/10/14 Detectives with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit initiated a missing adult investigation. The missing adult had not contacted any family members since October 2013.  During the investigation Detectives learned the missing person may have been killed and buried in the Lemon Cove area. The missing person’s body was located near a fire Rd on Hwy 245 West of Dry Creek in the Badger area. During the investigation Detectives located and arrested Danny Jones and Sonny Cain for the crime of homicide. The case is currently under investigation by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Detective Gary Marks or Sgt. Rodney Parker with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit at (559)733-6218

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