Two teens who'd been on the run since the November death of a 17-year-old boy whose body was burned in a bonfire were brought back to Riverside County Wednesday and were being questioned at the Hemet police station.
Jose Manuel Campos and Felicia Sharp were taken into custody Tuesday night in Mexico, but it was unclear exactly where they were found. They were extradited to Southern California late Wednesday afternoon, said Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart.
The lieutenant said he believed the teenagers were found fairly close to the border, but police from Sonora State were involved in the capture of the youths, he said.
U.S. marshals, Mexican federal police and a fugitive task force also assisted in the capture and arrest, he said.
Campos and Sharp were both 17 at the time of Adrian Rios' death. The 17-year-old victim was shot with a .22-caliber pistol, then his body was burned in a bonfire in Hemet.
Campos is the suspected shooter and Sharp is accused of helping him dispose of the body by setting it on fire, Wisehart said.
Campos, who was named in a $2 million warrant, disappeared the night after a huge bonfire was spotted at a home on Bluejay Way last Nov. 15.
The crime came to light Nov. 16, when the victim's mother went to the home and looked around, spotting what she believed to be her son's sneaker.
Police later found a fire pit and shallow grave containing what were subsequently determined to be Rios' remains. They also found drag marks in the backyard.
Sharp had been questioned early in the investigation but was allowed to leave. She then disappeared.
Campos' parents were detained but were never charged.
Neighbors reported a powerful stench emanating from the Sunday night bonfire, which was set after several youths gathered at the house, reportedly to watch a football game, according to police.
Campos apparently lived at the home on Bluejay Way, but neighbors said the family moved out about a week before the bonfire.
Police have said they believe at least six people were at the house around the time Rios was killed.
Investigators who searched the property recovered a machete, a .22-caliber shell, a shovel, butcher knives, a gas canister, 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.
