One of Three Sought in Hemet Teen's Death Found

Hemet - One of three people suspected in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy, whose body was incinerated in a backyard bonfire has been located, police said today.

Rene Lopez-Fregozo, 21, of Texas, was found late Friday afternoon hours in a home on the 25000 block of Highway 74 in the Perris area, according to Hemet Police Captain Tony Margis.

Lopez-Fregoso was taken to the Hemet Police Station and was interviewed by detectives for several hours, Margis said. Based on that interview and the results of the search, detectives released him pending further investigation.

Two other suspects are still being sought today for the Nov. 15 death of Adrian Rios at rented home at 1440 Bluejay Way: Jose Campos, 17, the suspected gunman; and his girlfriend, Felicia Sharp, 17.

"We do believe that he was murdered and he was murdered prior to being placed in the fire pit and burned," Hemet police Chief Richard Dana said. "We do not believe that any other human remains were found at the site."

Neighbors recalled a powerful stench emanating from the Nov. 15 bonfire.

Campos' parents -- Jose Juan Seym, 29, and Maria Alvarado Seym, 45 -- were arrested and booked on suspicion of felony accessory to murder in Murrieta. It was unclear why the woman's bail was more than $1 million, while the man's was just $5,000. Both are due in court Monday.

Sharp was initially reported missing along with Campos and Rios in mid- November. She showed up with her mother at Hemet police headquarters Nov. 25 after the human remains were found.

She was questioned and released, but she hasn't been seen since.

"Quite frankly, there wasn't enough evidence to hold her," Hemet police Capt. Tony Margis said.

Campos apparently lived at the home on Bluejay Way with the Seyms, but neighbors said the home had been vacant about a week before the night of the bonfire.

Investigators believe the teens gathered there to watch a football game that Sunday.

Margis said authorities believe other people may have been called to the home after the murder to help dispose of the body.

"We believe that there were six people in that house either at the time of the murder or close thereafter," Margis said. "There may be more. We're still working on identifying everybody who was in that house throughout that time period."

The investigation began Nov. 16 when Rios' mother, Elodia Lopez, went to find her son after being told he was last seen at the home on Bluejay Way.

Lopez found a sneaker that resembled her son's shoe, and the sneaker had "some sort of dried reddish" substance on it, according to Margis.

Detectives found at least one shallow grave and the remains, Margis said. They also found drag marks in the backyard.

Police who searched the home found a machete , a .22-caliber shell, a shovel, butcher-style knives, a gas canister, burnt pieces of what looks like clothing, a partially burned T-shirt; pieces of rope, a sock, a yellow metal hoop earring and a Hemet Police Department ticket issued to Jose Campos, according to court records.