In June of 2015, Kern County Sheriff's Office homicide detectives began investigating the murder of Jose Chavez-Ochoa in Lost Hills. Through the investigation, detectives identified the suspect as 46-year-old Porfirio Magana Garcia. On August 16, 2019, detectives, along with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations and the Kern County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, located and arrested Garcia in Neenach, California. Garcia was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Kern County Central Receiving Facility for murder.
Anyone with further information about the case is urged to contact the Kern County Sheriff's Office at (661)861-3110.
