Murder arrest after missing Hemet teen’s leg is found in California desert

A man who had been named by the family of a missing 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of murder after the teen’s leg was found in the California desert.

Notice about T’Neya Tovar on the missing-persons website of California’s attorney general.

The leg was discovered just before Christmas in the community of Salton City, and on Feb. 12 the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office announced that DNA testing had revealed it was that of T’Neya Tovar, a Hemet girl who had gone missing.

The next day — Friday, Feb.