Suspect arrested in the 2006 killing of a man in Highgrove
Dec 27, 2025
A Spring Valley man was behind bars Saturday for allegedly shooting another man to death in the Highgrove area north of Riverside 19 years ago.
Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit arrested 51-year-old Anthony Miera for suspicion of murder in the shooting death o
f 21-year-old Raymond Cardenas on June 18, 2006, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Jarred Bishop.
Almost 20 years after allegedly shooting Raymond Cardenas, 51-year-old Anthony Miera was arrested in Spring Valley by Riverside County Sheriffs deputies. (Courtesy of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department)
Cardenas was found inside a home in the 1000 block of Citrus Street and pronounced dead at the scene, Bishop said.
“Although Miera was identified as a suspect, there was insufficient evidence to charge him during the initial investigation, and the case went cold,” Bishop said.
The sheriff’s Cold Case Unit reopened the case in August, he said. “After conducting additional investigation, the Cold Case Unit developed sufficient evidence to charge Miera.”
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Miera was arrested without incident in Spring Valley Friday and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, Bishop said.
The investigation is ongoing, he said. Anyone with information helpful to investigators was asked to call Lead Investigator Dan Brown of the Central Homicide Unit at 951-955-2777.
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