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Anthony Joe Dragt was a 56-year-old dairyman from Visalia who was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the middle of the road near his dairy farm on September 3, 2019. He was pronounced dead at the scene on Avenue 352, in the 10100 block, where he had been a well-known member of the local agricultural community.

Investigators quickly identified a suspect, Jorge Rivera, a former employee who had been hired in May 2018 and stopped showing up for work by June 2019. Surveillance footage shows Rivera arriving at the dairy that day and asking about Dragt’s whereabouts; he was later seen at another dairy still searching. Rivera allegedly located Dragt near his home and shot him multiple times. Detectives tracked Rivera’s black Chrysler 200 using surveillance and cellphone data and arrested him near Richgrove later that day. Several firearms, including the murder weapon, were recovered from his car and he was charged with first-degree murder and related firearm counts.

Did anyone in the area see Rivera’s vehicle or recall his movements on September 3, 2019?