Luis Antonio Pulido-Esparza, 34, was booked into Kings County Jail on suspicion of murder and child abuse, records show.
A California correctional officer was arrested this week by Corcoran police after he claimed his girlfriend had died by suicide, authorities confirmed.
Luis Antonio Pulido-Esparza, 34, was booked into Kings County Jail on Monday morning on suspicion of murder and child abuse, jail records show.Officers were called around 7 a.m. Sunday to a reported suicide in the 1900 block of Evergreen Drive in Corcoran, according to the Corcoran Police Department. The 911 caller was later identified as Pulido-Esparza, who told dispatchers his girlfriend had shot herself and wasn’t breathing.
“Officers interviewed Pulido-Esparza who stated he and his girlfriend had an argument the night before and he woke up to the sound of gunfire,” police said.Detectives served a search warrant, gathered “additional items of evidence” and arrested Pulido-Esparza based on the evidence as well as interviews and “information gathered throughout the investigation,” police said.
Pulido-Esparza was working as a state correctional officer at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran, police said. His current employment status with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was not available Wednesday.Anyone with information is asked to call Corcoran Police Det. Skyler Pfarr at 992-5151.
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