MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Division of Drug and Crime Control - P.O. Box 568 - Jefferson City, Mo. 65102


News Release

For further information please contact: Cpl. Erik Eidson
(573) 522-0980
DDCC#11032011
November 3, 2011

EMPHASIS: Homicide Arrest


Captain Kyle D. Marquart, director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control, announces the arrest of Gambino P. Becerra for a murder that occurred in the state of California in 2010.

On September 6, 2011, after a multi-agency investigation, officers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol; Sedalia, Missouri, Police Department; Fresno County, California, Sheriff’s Department; and Homeland Security arrested Gambino P. Becerra, 20, at his residence in Sedalia, Missouri, for the murder of a Hispanic male that occurred in the state of California in 2010. Becerra has been living in Sedalia after he obtained a Missouri Identification Card under an alias name.

The above charge is mere accusation and is not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charge must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
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