Overview
- Police say investigators traced 40‑year‑old Antonio Garcia and 32‑year‑old Misty Gomez to Mexico and U.S. Marshals arrested them there on Wednesday before they were brought back to California for prosecution.
- Geoffrey Bernardi was attacked near his Clovis apartment on December 18 and died two days later, and detectives spent months gathering evidence and communications that led them to the suspects.
- Gomez is accused of being Bernardi’s girlfriend while still married to Garcia, and the criminal complaint filed by authorities alleges the pair unlawfully caused Bernardi’s death.
- Gomez fled to Mexico with two young children who were reported missing in April, the children were located in Mexico and are being processed through Mexican child welfare authorities before reunification with relatives coordinated by U.S. Child Protective Services.
- Both suspects were booked into California jails with bail reported at $1 million each and face pending arraignment and prosecution in Fresno County while authorities say no official motive has been released.