EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder after authorities found a body in a dumpster fire in Central El Paso on Friday night.
According to the El Paso Police Department, Heriberto Chavez has been identified as the prime suspect in a murder after authorities found a dead man at the 900 block of N. Florence (behind the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief) after fire crews extinguished a dumpster fire.
Detectives with EPPD’s Crimes Against Persons unit took over the investigation after the body was found and determined the death was “suspicious in nature.”
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On Sunday, Chavez was identified as the suspect and was booked into the El Paso County Downtown Jail.
In a bond hearing held on Monday, Chavez’s bond was set at $1 million.
According to police statistics, this is the 6th murder of 2026, compared to 11 at the same time last year.
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