Body found buried along Monterey County levee identified

PAJARO — Monterey County investigators have identified a body that was unearthed last week along the Pajaro River levee in North County.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Coroner division identified the decedent Monday as 36-year-old Jesus Alfonso Duarte Figueroa of Watsonville. Duarte Figueroa was previously reported as a missing person in Santa Cruz County and information from that report was used to identify him, according to a release from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

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