Four people from Kansas and one from Oklahoma have been arrested in the 2017 death of an Emporia man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the five suspects were arrested Wednesday in various locations in Emporia and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
They are accused in the Sept. 6, 2017, death of Jesus Avila-Galvin Jr., 19, whose body was found in his burning car in a rural area east of Emporia.
The arrests were made throughout the morning on Wednesday, at various locations in Emporia, as well as in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Kansas Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol assisted with the arrests.
Andrew John "AJ" Granado, 21, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested at approximately 4:00 a.m. He was booked into the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
Jordy Cornejo-Campoverde, 21, of Emporia, was arrested at approximately 5:45 a.m.
Armando Nunez, 20, of Emporia, was arrested at approximately 8:30 a.m.
Alan Alanis, 19, of Emporia, was arrested at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Jovan Pecina, 22, of Emporia, was arrested at approximately 10:50 a.m.
Following their arrests Cornejo-Campoverde, Nunez, Alanis, and Pecina were booked into the Lyon County Jail.
The KBI did not say what motivated the killing or what led police to the suspects.
