A 74-year-old man already in custody on suspicion of committing a 2023 South Bay homicide has been named an individual of curiosity within the probe into human stays discovered earlier this week on a Southcrest property.
The announcement comes someday after investigators scoured a property at 3443 Newton Ave. after California Highway Patrol detectives “developed information leading investigators to suspect human remains were on the property,” the San Diego Police Department mentioned in a press release.
The id of the stays and the individual’s explanation for loss of life are nonetheless beneath investigation.
The individual of curiosity named Wednesday, Dwight William Rhone, is already in custody with out bail on homicide and different fees for allegedly capturing 54-year-old Bernardo Moreno on Interstate 5, close to state Route 905, then setting Moreno’s physique on hearth on Oct. 13, 2023.
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office mentioned Rhone was a earlier tenant of the Newton Avenue tackle.
Anyone with info relating to Rhone’s potential involvement in “additional crimes” was requested to name the San Diego Police Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
City News Service contributed to this text.