FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A call about a woman in the water near a Fresno canal ended with a homicide investigation and an arrest.
Police responded to the report around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 10th, to a canal bank near Nielsen Avenue and Hughes Avenue.
Officers arrived and immediately removed the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
An autopsy was completed by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office two days later, and the cause of death was ruled a homicide.
The victim was identified as 50-year-old Georgiana McGhee of Fresno.
Detectives identified 48-year-old Boshay Ware as the suspect in McGhee’s death.
Ware has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of murder and torture.
Detectives also determined that 55-year-old Jerome Saldivar of Fresno, who had been reported as a missing person, was assaulted by Ware.
Police said Saldivar’s whereabouts are unknown and asked the community for help locating him.
Anyone with information about the case or Saldivar’s location is urged to contact Fresno Police Department homicide Detective A. Lopez at (559) 621-2443 or J. Espinoza at (559) 621-2415.
Anonymous tips can also be provided through Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP.