Arrests made after body found buried on California hillside – East Bay Times

Two men were arrested after a tip led police to a body buried in a shallow grave in Balboa Park, San Diego police said Thursday.

The body of James Garcia, 43, was found after a tipster called police to report a possible grave site located in a canyon hillside adjacent to state Route 163 and Richmond Street on July 25, said San Diego police homicide Lt. Jud Campbell.

Detectives worked with the county Medical Examiner's Office to exhume the decomposing body and determine he had been buried there two months earlier, Campbell said.

Police said 41-year-old Jeffrey Jones is suspected of shooting Garcia multiple times at the grave site on May 23. Police also said they believe 28-year-old Brandon Winegarden helped Jones bury the dead man.