{"id":4587,"date":"2026-07-15T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:08:07","slug":"missing-man-found-in-trunk-of-tesla-off-pacheco-pass-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4587","title":{"rendered":"Missing man found in trunk of Tesla off Pacheco Pass highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A person found dead in the trunk of a Tesla on the Pacheco Pass roadside has been identified as a missing man from Hollister.<\/p>\n

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The body was discovered Thursday afternoon by California Highway Patrol officers and Merced County sheriff\u2019s deputies after a call to the CHP concerning a missing person. The caller gave a location off Highway 152 near San Luis Reservoir, where the officers found the abandoned car in a pullout.<\/p>\n

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The man was identified Tuesday as Javier Becerril Jr., 42. The case is being investigated as a homicide, the CHP said. The agency did not say when Becerril was last seen alive.<\/p>\n

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His family has set up a GoFundMe campaign for donations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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