{"id":285724,"date":"2026-04-25T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285724\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:27:25","slug":"sacramento-man-arrested-in-el-dorado-county-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285724\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento man arrested in El Dorado County homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tyson<\/p>\n

Tyson Fiddler, an El Dorado County man last seen Saturday at a Placerville bar, was found dead Thursday in a rural area, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

The El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced<\/a> deputies have arrested a suspect in connection with an October 2024 homicide.<\/p>\n

Joshua Lighthall, 47, of Sacramento, was arrested in Shingle Springs on suspicion of murder in the death of Tyson Fiddler, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis arrest is the culmination of a lengthy and detailed investigation,\u201d the Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Fiddler was last seen Oct. 5, 2024, the bar PJ\u2019s Roadhouse, on the 5600 block of Motherlode Drive in Placerville, according to previous Bee reporting<\/a>. His body was found five days later on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe greatly appreciate the patience and support of the community and those involved with this investigation as we work to find justice for Tyson,\u201d the Sheriff\u2019s Office wrote.<\/p>\n

Lighthall remains held without bail at the El Dorado County Jail, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office roster. An arraignment date has not been set in El Dorado Superior Court.<\/p>\n

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\n \"Profile
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fiddler, an El Dorado County man last seen Saturday at a Placerville bar, was found dead Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-285724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}