‘Most wanted’ fugitive in Valley murder captured in Guatemala
Guatemalan police say they have arrested a U.S. man wanted by the FBI for the 2008 murder of a woman in California.
Edward Lee Leblanc was featured on CBS Local 2’s Riverside County’s most wanted in 2011, and was on the FBI’s most wanted list.
National Civil Police spokesman Jorge Aguilar says the 38-year-old Leblanc was detained in Cuyotenango, a rural town about 100 miles (170 kilometers) west of Guatemala City.
According to the FBI, Leblanc is suspected of stabbing the woman to death “after an argument” and then driving her body into the desert, burning and burying it in Sky Valley.
He has been charged with murder in Riverside County, California, and with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Aguilar said Monday that Leblanc would be brought to the capital and handed over to migration authorities for deportation.
The FBI had offered a reward of $20,000 for information leading to his capture.
“If anyone knows anything that could help bring him to justice I would really appreciate it for our family,” Miner’s sister, Kim Molina told CBS Local 2 in 2011.
