Junior Nazario Herappe, 35, was found dead in the Santa Ana River bed beneath the Mission Inn Avenue bridge in Riverside on October 27, 2020. A pedestrian discovered the body around 1:30 p.m.; authorities determined Herappe had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and estimated the time of death as sometime between the night of October 26 and the morning of October 27.

The Riverside Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office opened a homicide investigation.

Anyone with information about Herappe, his movements before October 27, or who may have been in the Mission Inn Avenue bridge area that night is asked to contact Riverside police or submit an anonymous tip.