FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
UPDATE: Farmersville police arrested 25-year-old Alexander Shinn early Sunday morning for the murder of his roommate. More details to come later Sunday. The following is our report from Saturday night:
The Farmersville Police Department is investigating after a man's body was discovered by a rancher off of Avenue 200 in Strathmore on Saturday afternoon.
Investigators believe this may have started at a home in Farmersville.
TCSO and Farmersville PD investigating possible homicide after a body was found in a Strathmore orchard. Body found matches the description of man, in his 20s, reported missing by his roommates in Farmersville. @ABC30 pic.twitter.com/cb2hCGewGm
— Vanessa Vasconcelos (@VanessaABC30) December 9, 2018
Officials say it all started after they received a call from a home on Ponderosa Street for a possible abduction. According to authorities, one of the roommates called to report another roommate missing.
Officers say they were given a description of the roommate's tattoos that are a possible match to the body being investigated by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office in Strathmore.
Both Farmersville PD and TCSO are investigating whether the two scenes are connected. Man found not identified. @ABC30
— Vanessa Vasconcelos (@VanessaABC30) December 9, 2018
Both agencies are trying to determine whether the incidents at the two locations are related.
At this time, both areas are being treated as active crime scenes.
Farmersville Police have detained one roommate for questioning but no arrests have been made.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
