Overview

• Yessenia Estrada, 35, was taken into custody Monday and booked into Santa Clara County Jail on murder and arson charges.
• Investigators deemed the early Monday blaze on North 27th Street a deliberate act after finding evidence that an expected occupant was unaccounted for.
• On Tuesday, the SJPD Crime Scene Unit, SJFD Urban Search and Rescue team and Santa Clara County Medical Examiner recovered a body from within the unstable structure.
• The joint homicide and arson investigation remains active with no motive released as San Jose records its 14th killing of the year.
• Officials are offering rewards and have provided contact details for the SJPD Homicide Unit and Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers for anyone with information.