San Diego
Police are still searching for the person who killed a night watchman aboard a tuna boat last week, although the dead man’s car was recovered Tuesday.
Los Angeles police stopped four men who were driving a white Nissan 200 SX about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, San Diego Homicide Lt. Paul Ybarrondo said.
When police ran a check on the car’s license plates, they discovered it was registered to Joseph Ferreira Fernandes, who was found stabbed to death aboard the seiner Sea Quest last week, Ybarrondo said.
After questioning the car’s occupants, police released three of them and turned the fourth over to San Diego police, Ybarrondo said. The fourth man was booked on an auto theft charge, Ybarrondo said.
The investigation is continuing, Ybarrondo said.
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