3-Day Coachella Investigation leaves unanswered questions, mayor and community weigh in
A 3-day investigation at a home off 4th Street in Coachella has been cleared up, but there are still several unanswered questions that remain. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant at the home, beginning last Wednesday. It causing 4th street between Cesar Chavez Street and Palm Avenue to stay closed to the public.
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Monday afternoon KESQ returned to the home. One man who says he lives there told our videographer that he has been harassed and is concerned for his family. He told KESQ neighbors and the media are spreading rumors about him, and he just wants to be left alone.
On Wednesday, investigators arrived and began extracting large pallets of cinder blocks with heavy equipment. They used a tractor as well as an excavator toward the back of the home.
"It is scary. Every time you turn the TV on, it's frightening," said one resident who chose to remain anonymous.
Residents and those passing through are still curious about what happened in their community.
One other resident who did not release his name told us in Spanish: "We would like to know, all the population, what happened to be informed. More than anything to know if there is danger or not."
The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is no longer on scene. They are still tight-lipped on the matter, and released this statement in response to KESQ's inquiries:
"There is no information available for release. The investigators are done with the search warrant service at the location."
"I think that we have to question ourselves a little bit in terms of wanting to know," Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez said.
Hernandez says there is likely a reason why deputies are not releasing information just yet.
"We also need to remember that they're investigating because there probably was a victim of crime, and those victim(s) of crime, their families and they deserve justice. Right now the sheriff department is doing their job and they don't have much more to share," Hernandez said.
