Marion Co., Ore. — A man has been arrested following a decade long investigation in the death of a Marion County deputy and another man.
Alfredo de Jesus Ascencio, 29, was arrested on Friday in the Mexican State of Puebla. In June of 2007, de Jesus Ascencio was driving on Highway 99 near Gervais, when he struck deputy Kelly Fredinburg’s patrol car head-on.
Deputy Fredinburg’s car caught on fire, and he was pronounced dead on scene. A passenger in de Jesus Ascencio’s car, Oscar Ascencio Amaya, died the next day in the hospital. De Jesus Ascencio was charged with criminally negligent homicide, but fled the county before his court proceedings.
On Friday, Interpol alerted the FBI that he had been arrested. It’s not clear when de Jesus Ascencio will be extradited back to the United States.
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