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King City PD Busts 3 Men Suspected of a Homicide in 2016 and 2017

The King City Police Department held a Press Conference on Thursday, May 27 to report that they've made 3 arrests involving a homicide that occurred in 2016 and in 2017. The King City PD states that they believe that one of the suspects had something to do with the murder of Martin Heredia in 2016 and Hipolito Carreno in 2017. As part of the investigation law enforcement served search warrants in the Pine Canyon area, Greenfield and Chualar arresting three suspects on Thursday, May 27. One of the suspects, identified as 25-year-old Kendricks Perez of Pine Canyon is believed to be involved in both murders. Perez was arrested on Broadway Circle and booked into the Monterey County Jail on 2 homicide charges. Police also arrested 25-year-old John Samuel Thomas Trivino of Greenfield. Investigators believe he was involved with the murder of Martin Heredia. Trivino was found near Highway 101 and Market Street in Salinas and booked into the Monterey County Jail, while a suspect in the murder of Hipolito Carreno, identified as 22-year-old Antonio Damian Gonzalez of Pine Canyon was already in custody at the Monterey County Jail on unrelated charges, but now he also faces a murder charge

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