Five people arrested in death of Emporia man in 2017
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Four people from Kansas and one from Oklahoma have been arrested in the 2017 death of an Emporia man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the five suspects were arrested Wednesday in various locations in Emporia and Tulsa, Oklahoma. They are accused in the Sept. 6, 2017, death of 19-year-old Jesus Avila-Galvin Jr., whose body was found in his burning car in a rural area east of Emporia. The four Kansas suspects are being held in the Lyon County jail and the Oklahoma suspect is jailed in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. The KBI did not say what motivated the killing or what led police to the suspects.
