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2 juveniles and adult arrested for October Watsonville homicide

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)--Suspects involved in a murder on Oct. 17 of 2021 have been arrested.

The two suspects are juveniles and are being held in juvenile hall on murder charges.

20-year-old Juan Carlos Almarez Rios has also been arrested on murder charges and is being held in Santa Cruz County Jail.

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Abel Ruiz, 21, was found after deputies were dispatched at around 8 p.m. in the area of Carlton Road and Coward Road for a man in medical distress.

Ruiz was found by officers with a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.

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