{"id":481920,"date":"2026-10-01T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481920\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:54:13","slug":"sacramento-county-releases-new-image-in-search-to-identify-2012-homicide-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481920\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento County releases new image in search to identify 2012 homicide victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new forensic genealogy lead is renewing efforts to identify a homicide victim whose body was found in Sacramento County more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento County Coroner&#8217;s Office said Thursday that forensic genetic genealogy indicates the unidentified man was of Guatemalan descent.<\/p>\n<p>His body was found in Wilton in 2012, and authorities determined he was the victim of a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also released an updated image of the man, created using a combination of a human-generated sketch, post-mortem photos and artificial intelligence. The coroner&#8217;s office said the image is intended to provide a more accurate depiction of what he looked like.<\/p>\n<p>No other new investigative leads have been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are now asking for help from the public, particularly members of the Guatemalan community in Sacramento County and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone may recognize him as a relative, friend, former coworker, neighbor, or community member who disappeared or lost contact with family,&#8221; the coroner&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who recognizes the man or has information about his identity is asked to contact the Sacramento County Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new forensic genealogy lead is renewing efforts to identify a homicide victim whose body was found in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,357,123,122],"class_list":["post-481920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481920","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=481920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}