Deputies Name Suspect in Deerfield Homicide

Ronald Rivera is the name of the suspect wanted for the murder Sunday of 31-year-old Elvin R. Sanchez in Deerfield Beach.From the BSO release:Sanchez's body was found Sunday, October 25 shortly before 9 o'clock when a man walked outside his residence in the 4100 block of NW 3 Avenue and...

By Thomas Francis

October 27, 2009

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Ronald Rivera is the name of the suspect wanted for the murder Sunday of 31-year-old Elvin R. Sanchez in Deerfield Beach.

From the BSO release:

Sanchez's body was found Sunday, October 25 shortly before 9 o'clock when a man walked outside his residence in the 4100 block of NW 3 Avenue and saw a man lying in the yard between a house and a duplex. The man checked to see if the stranger needed assistance then quickly realized he was dead.

Through their investigation BSO homicide detectives developed 22-year-old Ronald U. Rivera as a suspect in the case. Rivera is wanted for murder in the second degree. Detectives are not releasing the motive for the killing or how Sanchez was killed.

Anyone with information on Rivera's whereabouts is urged to dial 9-1-1 or call BSO Homicide Det. Efrain Torres at (954) 321-4210. Anonymous tips may be phoned into Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS or online at browardcrimestoppers.org.

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