Witness: Teen Fatally Shot Friend, Got a Burger, Then Burned the Body

HEMET -- The suspect in the        month manhunt.
murder of a 17-year-old boy        Friends said Rios had gone to
fatally shot the victim, then      the home on November 15 to
went out for hamburgers and        watch a San Diego Chargers
gasoline before he came back       football game with at least
and set his friend on fire, a      five other people.
witness said Friday.               His dismembered and burned
Jose Campos, 18, is charged        body was found in a shallow
with first-degree murder in        grave in the backyard of the
the death of 17-year old           home Nov. 25, 2009.
Adrian Rios                        Campos' mother and stepfather,
18-year old Ivan Andres Ruiz       Maria and Jose Seym, were
admitted in court to helping       arrested and released in
Campos cover up the murder of      December when prosecutors did
Rios and escape authorities.       not file charges within an
He was charged as an               allotted 72 hours.
accessory and sentenced to         District Attorney spokesman
six months in jail.                John Hall says the office is
Campos' 17-year-old                continuing to investigate if
girlfriend, Felicia Sharp,         Maria and Jose Seym may or
also is charged in the case.       may not have been involved in
Police said Campos burned          covering up the killing.
Rios' body in a backyard           Court documents show
bonfire and dismembered it         investigators found four
with Sharp's help.                 sections of carpet with blood
On Friday, Ruiz told jurors        traces, several bottles of
in a Riverside County Court        cleaning supplies, beer
that  Campos shot Rios with a      bottles and a bloody mattress
rifle during an argument,          pad at the home.
then went to McDonald's and        Previous search warrants
got gasoline. He then              revealed a bloody shoe, burnt
returned home and burned           clothing, a machete, an empty
their friend's body, Ruiz          gas can, at least one shallow
said.                              grave and drag marks in the
Jose Campos and Felicia Sharp      backyard.
were arrested in connection        A severed, charred foot was
with Rios' murder March 10 in      also found, according to the
Mexicali, Mexico after a four-     documents.                    

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