A man was arrested Wednesday in San Fernando in connection with the killing of a woman whose burned body was found in 2022 on the side of a freeway in Bakersfield, authorities said.
Homicide detectives served a warrant about 5 a.m. on the 1500 block of Knox Street and arrested 30-year-old Juan Figuroa, who was booked on suspicion of murdering 27-year-old Karla Terron, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.
“For the last year and eight months, investigators from the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol and the San Fernando Police Department, have conducted an extensive investigation, including two press conferences regarding this case,” the LASD reported in a statement.
The department added that investigators are working on making additional arrests “for others involved in this case.”
The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office for filing consideration.
At a news conference in July, investigators had sought the public’s help to solve the crime.
Terron was last seen at the VFW Post on the 100 block of North Hagar Street in San Fernando on the evening of Dec. 16, 2022, the LASD reported.
Her body was discovered about 5 a.m. the following day “engulfed in flames and deceased on southbound state Route 99, at the Hosking Road off-ramp in Bakersfield,” an LASD statement said.
“An autopsy determined that her cause of death was due to multiple stab wounds,” the LASD statement said. “(Terron’s) last known location alive was at a local bar, 100 block of North Hagar Street, in the city of San Fernando.”
Investigators said Terron was at the VFW Post, and it is believed she went from there to a residence in San Fernando, from which her body was taken to Bakersfield in a white SUV. The vehicle has been recovered by authorities.
Detectives said Terron’s cell phone was missing, and they urged anyone who found a cell phone around the time of her disappearance to contact detectives.
A photo of the SUV was displayed at the July news conference, and anyone who may have seen the vehicle in San Fernando or in Bakersfield, or who has any other information on the case, was urged to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tipsters may also use the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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