{"id":409443,"date":"2026-07-23T14:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409443\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:07:11","slug":"man-arrested-for-murder-after-womans-body-found-near-dumpster-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409443\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for murder after woman&#8217;s body found near dumpster in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man has been arrested for murder after a woman was found dead near a dumpster on Sunday in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department says officers were first called out to Fallbrook and Maroa Avenues for reports of a dead person found in the area.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found a woman near a dumpster who was unresponsive. <\/p>\n<p>EMS arrived, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>She has since been identified as 52-year-old Jennifer \u201cMichelle\u201d Jones of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/jury-convicts-dinuba-man-of-sexual-assault-of-a-child-molestation-adult-witness-intimidation-manuel-luis-villarreal-tulare-county-district-attorneys-office-californias-three-strikes-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jury convicts Dinuba man of sexual assault of a child and adult, witness intimidation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homicide Detectives investigated and determined that Jones was murdered.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, detectives identified 58-year-old Michael Koontz of Fresno as an associate of Jones.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail on a murder charge. <\/p>\n<p>Although detectives have made an arrest, anyone with information can remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers at (559) 498STOP (7867). <\/p>\n<p>You may also contact Fresno Police Department Homicide Detectives A. Barragan 5596212449 or A. Lopez at 559-621-2443.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man has been arrested for murder after a woman was found dead near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-409443","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\/409443","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=409443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}