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Coroner Identifies Sacramento River Remains as Alejandro Reyes Cisneros, Rules Death a Homicide

The determination shifts a prolonged missing-person case into a homicide investigation with no arrests announced.

Overview

  • Reclamation District employees discovered skeletal remains on Oct. 9 near where Steamboat Slough meets the Sacramento River in Courtland.
  • The Sacramento County Coroner's Office confirmed the remains as those of Alejandro Reyes Cisneros and determined the manner of death to be homicide.
  • Cisneros had been reported at-risk by West Sacramento police after disappearing in June 2024 with no contact with family and without needed medication.
  • He was last seen leaving his residence and getting into a newer-model black pickup with unknown individuals, according to police.
  • The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office says circumstances of the killing remain under investigation, with no suspect information or arrests disclosed.