Paso Robles police arrest 2 Nevada suspects allegedly involved in Trevon Perry killing
Paso Robles police on Thursday announced the arrest of two Nevada suspects accused of being involved in the killing of Trevon Perry.
Officers arrested Mario Rostro III, 23, and Heather Montgomery, 25, both of Lovelock, Nevada, on suspicion of being accessories to murder, a Paso Robles Police Department news release said.
Rostro and Montgomery were booked into the Pershing County Jail and are awaiting extradition to California.
“Investigators from the Paso Robles Police Department and the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office traveled to Lovelock, Nevada, to assist local agencies in arresting the pair on an arrest warrant, relating to their involvement in the Trevon Perry homicide case,” the release said.
Perry, 27, was reported missing in March 2020 after he was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Paso Robles. Investigators later found his remains buried in the back yard of a Riverside home on June 18.
Prior to his death, Perry testified for county prosecutors against Kejuan Bynum, who’s facing murder charges for allegedly stabbing Perry’s best friend, Christopher Wilson, in June 2019.
A coroner’s examination revealed Perry died from a single gunshot wound behind his left ear, and the weapon that killed him was fired from point-blank range, a previous Tribune story said.
Eight arrests in Perry’s killing
Including Rostro and Montgomery, police have now arrested at least eight suspects they believe were involved in Perry’s killing. Officers first arrested Nicholas Ron, 23, of Paso Robles, who’s accused of shooting Perry, in June 2020.
Police also arrested five other people — some of whom are related to Ron — for allegedly acting as accessories to Perry’s murder.
Officers in June arrested 24-year-old Vivianna Rodriguez, 24, of Paso Robles on suspicion of acting as an accessory. In September, officers arrested 22-year-old Nyessa Ron, 18-year-old Valente Holquin III and 25-year-old Alberto Garzon in Victorville and Riverside, all on suspicion of accessory after the fact.
Most recently, police arrested Ron’s mother, Marie Holquin, 44, of Victorville in December on an outstanding warrant after San Luis Obispo County prosecutors charged her with witness intimidation and being an accessory after the fact.
Hearings ongoing for Perry’s alleged killer
Two of Ron’s relatives testified against him during a January preliminary hearing, telling the court how they helped him dispose of Perry’s body by burying him about 3 feet underground in a chicken coop in the back yard of the Riverside house.
Ron — who’s being held in the San Luis Obispo County Jail in lieu of $1.25 million bail — will be back in court on March 9.
This story was originally published February 18, 2021 at 5:55 PM.
