UPDATE: Man Booked For Murder Of Murrieta Man

7/4 UPDATE: A suspect has been booked for the murder of a Murrieta resident whose body was found in a planter.

Saturday at approximately 5:30 p.m., police detained Jorge Martinez, 41, of Homeland. According to a police report, Central Homicide Unit investigators identified Martinez as a suspect in the murder of Sergio Corona, 47. 

Corona's body was found June 20 concealed within a planter located adjacent to the west alleyway behind some businesses in the 200 block of North D Street in Perris.

"Information obtained through interviews and physical evidence linked Martinez to the murder," according to a police report. Martinez was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for murder.

6/21 UPDATE: The body of a Hispanic man found concealed behind a planter in Perris Monday afternoon has been identified as Sergio Corona, 47, of Murrieta, according to the Riverside County Coroner.

6/21 ORIGINAL POST: Police are seeking any information from the public that will aid in an investigation into a body that was found in Perris Monday afternoon.

The body of an adult Hispanic male was found shortly after 2 p.m. in the 200 block of North D Street.

The body was “concealed within a planter located adjacent to the west alleyway behind some businesses,” according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department report.

The Riverside County Coroner’s office has ruled that the man was a homicide victim. Cause of death has not been released.

The victim’s exact time of death has not been released by the coroner’s office; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:19 p.m. Monday.

The man’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Anyone with any information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Investigator Ricardo Espinoza at the Central Homicide Unit at 760.393.3500, or Investigator Timothy Brause at the Perris Station at 951-210-1000. You can also make an anonymous tip by going to www.riversidesheriff.org/tipline and clicking on the "Homicide Tipline" on the web page.