Detectives investigating the apparent murder of a San Jose man
are looking to the public for help, hoping someone that Felipe
Hernandez-Sigueroa worked for the day of his death may have
information that will assist them in the investigation.
Morgan Hill – Detectives investigating the apparent murder of a San Jose man are looking to the public for help, hoping someone that Felipe Hernandez-Sigueroa worked for the day of his death may have information that will assist them in the investigation.
The man’s death is still officially considered “suspicious.”
Hernandez-Sigueroa, 61, was a Mexican national who worked as a day laborer, often working with landscapers and contractors in the east San Jose area, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dave Lera said Tuesday. Evidence was found at the location where Hernandez-Sigueroa’s body was dumped that indicates he might have been working as a landscaper or contractor on the day he died, Aug. 6.
Lera said he and other investigators would like to talk to anyone in Morgan Hill or South County who contracted for landscaping services involving flagstone tiles Aug. 6. Residents in the area who had landscapers on the property that day are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 808-4500.
Hernandez-Sigueroa’s body was found about 9pm, sprawled half on and half off of the road near the intersection of Cochrane and Half roads in unincorporated Morgan Hill. According to a source who saw the body, Hernandez-Sigueroa’s face had been battered, and his pants pulled down around his ankles.
An autopsy has been completed, but detectives are not releasing the cause of his death because they said it could compromise the investigation.
