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Five arrested in slaying of man found in San Juan Capistrano creek bed

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Five people were arrested Friday in connection with the death of a 38-year-old man whose body was dumped in a creek bed in San Juan Capistrano, authorities said.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrests Friday afternoon after a weeklong investigation into Alvaro Rios’ death.

The arrested were identified as: Siavish Hosseinaliarhani, 18; Ryan Huebnar, 20; Brion Hyde, 22; Ashkan Dezhangfard, 22; and Angelica Shiabata, 28. Hyde, Shiabata and Dezhangfard live in San Juan Capistrano. Hosseinaliarhani and Huebnar reside in Laguna Niguel.

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They were taken into custody on suspicion of murder and conspiracy, the sheriff’s department said. They are being held on $1-million bail and scheduled to appear in court Monday.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun did not disclose a motive for the killing.

Rios, 38, was reported missing on July 13 from his home in Perris in Riverside County.

He was found dead about 1:10 p.m. that day in a creek bed at the end of Trabuco Creek Road. Rios had suffered traumatic injuries, with stab wounds to his body.

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