A suspect wanted in the brazen murder of a mother and daughter who were shot in their car outside their home in Worcester, Massachusetts, is in custody in San Diego atter reportedly being arrested near the San Diego Zoo.
The arrest was announced on Monday and comes exactly one week after the murders.
Worcester Police say Dejan Belnavis was arrested just hours after the reward for his arrest increased to $10,000. Police say unnamed technology helped them catch up with him.
According to a report by our local reporting partner 10News, the department could not specify the type of technology but said they had been tracking him all week. He was arrested near the San Diego Zoo but no other location was provided.
The murders happened last Monday, March 4th in Worcester, which is about an hour outside of Boston. The victims were identified as Chasity Nunez and her 11-year-old daughter, Zella Nunez.
Police arrested one suspect the day after the murders, but the manhunt for Belnavis was just getting started. Worcester Police thanked both San Diego Police and the U.S. Marshals for their help in the case during a press conference Monday.
Police didn’t say why they think Belnavis came to San Diego. They haven’t released a motive or relationship, if any, between the victims and the suspects.
(Photo reporting partner 10News. U.S.Marshals Service)