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King City Man Caught and Arrested in Tuolumne County for December 2021 Triple Homicide in King City


The King City Police Department reports that they obtained an arrest warrant during the week of September 25, 2022 for 3 counts of Homicide for 20-year-old Elizar Ayron Arellano of King City for his involvement in the murders of Carlos Manuel Lopez, Selena Gonzalez Godoy, and Godoy’s unborn child on December 26, 2021 in King City. Arellano fled the area after the homicides at which time the The King City Police Department then requested assistance from the United States Marshall’s Service Fugitive Task Force in locating Arellano. The Marshall’s Service developed information that Arellano was in Tuolumne County. On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Marshall’s Service and officers from the King City PD traveled to Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties to try and find Arellano. During their search efforts Arellano was located and arrested on the 6000 Block of Greely Hill Road in Coulterville, CA by the Marshall’s Service and King City Police Department. Arellano was subsequently booked into the Mariposa County Jail pending transfer to the Monterey County Jail. After the arrest of Arellano, a search warrant was served at a residence on the 20000 block of Chapin Road in Groveland, CA. The King City Police Department thanks the United States Marshall’s Service for their investigative efforts and assistance over the past 9 months to locate and apprehend Arellano. In addition, the King City PD thanks the Tuolumne County Probation Department, the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance throughout the day. 

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