Man arrested in Buttonwillow for 2009 murder

A man was arrested for a murder that took place in 2009, after KernCounty sheriffs located him in the Buttonwillow area on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says that in 2009, Tadeo Saucido Rodriguez, 20, was determined to have been involved in an argument with 50-year-old Hector Leon. 

Leon was found suffering from several shotgun wounds in the 5800 block of Panama Road in Lamont.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.

KCSO says detectives determined Rodriguez to have fled to Mexico after the shooting, but received information that he had returned to the US in August of 2014.

Rodriguez was arrested for one count of first degree murder.  He is being held without bail.