Police seek second suspect in Chino killing

CHINO -- Police are seeking a second suspect in the killing of a Pomona man whose body was discovered under a freeway overpass here on Nov. 7.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Andrew Angel Valenzuela, 19, of Ontario, for his suspected involvement in the killing of David Arthur Padilla, 29, according to a Chino news release issued this afternoon.

Valenzuela is a member of a Pomona street gang and has a large "P" tattoo on the right side of his neck, according to the news release.

He has family and friends in Pomona and San Bernardino, said Chino spokeswoman Michelle Van Der Linden.

Authorities found Padilla's body under a 60 Freeway overpass in the 3700 block of Walnut Avenue. He died from upper-body trauma, according to the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office.

Also suspected in Padilla's killing is 32-year-old Robert Louis Caballero, who authorities have linked to three recent killings.

Caballero was arrested in the early morning of Nov. 7 for the Sept. 29 shooting death in Pomona of Armando Vidana, 25.

After Caballero was taken into custody, authorities learned of Padilla's killing as well as the killing of Lorraine Minjarez, 32, whose body was buried beside Mt. Baldy Road in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has charged Caballero with murder for Vidana's death.

Caballero, who has two previous strike convictions, has pleaded not guilty to the crime. He remains jailed in lieu of $3 million bail at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.

Valenzuela is about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs about 185 pounds, according to the news release.

The Chino Police Department has asked anyone with information on the case to contact them at (909) 590-5549.

11/19/09 CORRECTION: Valenzuela's age has been corrected. It was mistakenly reported as 29 in a Chino news release.