{"id":372217,"date":"2026-06-24T00:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372217\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:14:12","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-arrest-2-clovis-residents-in-fowler-homicide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372217\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Arrest 2 Clovis Residents in Fowler Homicide Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team have arrested two Clovis residents in connection with a 2019 Fowler homicide, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Celeste Aguirre, 26, and Juan Cervantes Jr., 29, were booked into the Fresno County Jail and are each facing charges of murder, according to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from the early morning hours of Feb. 26, 2019, when a school bus driver traveling along E. Springfield Avenue, outside Fowler, discovered a body on the side of the road near the intersection of Springfield and Claremont avenues, deputies said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver reported the discovery to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Responding deputies found an 18-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified as Jose Vasquez of Selma, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-254220 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-2019-Fowler-homicide-investigation-led-to-arrests-in-the-killing-of-Jose-Vasquez-18.-Fresno-County.jpeg\" alt=\"A 2019 Fowler homicide investigation led to arrests in the killing of Jose Vasquez, 18. (Fresno County SO)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>A 2019 Fowler homicide investigation led to arrests in the killing of Jose Vasquez, 18. (Fresno County SO)<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives investigating the case later developed information identifying Aguirre and Cervantes Jr. as responsible for the killing, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Sheriff\u2019s Detective Oscar Iniguez at (559) 600-8201 or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleycrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tips can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Case reference 19-2619.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team have arrested two Clovis residents in connection with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-372217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372217","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=372217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}