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Man Suspected In Nevada Co Death In Custody

Posted: Jun. 9, 2017 10:42 AM PDT

A convicted murderer is suspected to have been murdered in Nevada County. And an arrest has been made. 27-year-old Joseph Ward was taken into custody in Carson City, after also allegedly stealing the victim’s car and dog. Sheriff Keith Royal says the body of 61-year-old Kenneth Pestana was found at a home in the 22,000 block of Highway 20 Wednesday night…

click to listen to Sheriff Royal

Pestana was convicted at age 17, in 1973, in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk. We couldn’t find out where it occurred, but he served 5 years in Soledad prison…

click to listen to Sheriff Royal

Royal says Pestana also resided for a while in Douglas County, Nevada.

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