Two men arrested for July murder; Bodies found in burned SUV
Two men are each now charged with three counts of murder in connection to human remains being found in a burned vehicle in July 2021..
28-year-old Noel Garcia Esquivel of Montevallo and 27-year-old Abraham Pena Perez of Alabaster have both been arrested. Both men are in the United States illegally. They are being held on $4.5 million bond each, according to the Chilton County Sheriff's Office.
The arrests were made due to evidence collected during the execution of a search warrant on County Roads 5014 and 1080 in Chilton County on January 27, 2022.
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On July 2, 2021, Chilton County deputies found a badly burned SUV with the burned remains of three people inside in a wooded area near County Road 5014. The three people in the SUV have been identified as 24-year-old Gabriel Alonzo Rios Jr, 37-year-old Gilberto Munoz Cabrera, and 36-year-old Javier Quintero Gonzalez 36. All three victims were from the Metro Nashville/Hendersonville Tennessee area.
At least two of the victims had been shot prior to be burned.
The investigation is continuing. If you have any information about this case, you are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (205) 755-4698.
