Man arrested 10 years after shooting death of Merced College student

Friday, July 20, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man has been arrested for shooting and killing a Merced College student.

The Merced Police Department says Jerome Slayton Jr. killed Michael Riley on October 7, 2008 outside of an apartment complex on Loughborough Drive.
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Detectives say they have been following up on leads over the last few years and were recently able to identify the 30-year-old Slayton.

On Thursday, Slayton was arrested near San Jose and booked into the Merced County Jail for murder.
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Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this crime to contact Detective Jeff Horn at (209) 388-7739. You can send also send information via anonymous text messages to "TIP411" (847411) and including the word "Comvip" in the text message.
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