Johnny Guadalupe Holguin, 48, was found dead on October 16, 2014, near 13th Avenue and Clinton Street in Delano, California, the result of multiple gunshot wounds. Officers treating the scene as a homicide recovered his body in the trunk of his car, which had been submerged in the Friant Kern Canal just outside Delano.

Johnny was last seen on September 18, 2013, by a client, Monte Marshall, who had just received a haircut from him. The gap between that sighting and the discovery of his body is a key timeline issue in the case. Investigators arrested John Albay Galafate in August 2014 and charged him with Johnny’s kidnapping and murder.

The case drew strong community attention because Johnny was well known locally and witnesses and forensic evidence played a central role in the investigation. If anyone knew Johnny, saw him after September 18, 2013, or has information about his disappearance and death, please come forward.