Parents of suspect released without charges in Hemet backyard killing
The parents of a 17-year-old boy wanted on suspicion of fatally shooting, burning and burying another teen in the backyard of the family's Hemet home have been released without being charged, authorities said today.
Maria and Jose Seym, the mother and stepfather of 17-year-old Jose Campos, were arrested Thursday for allegedly helping to cover up the killing of Adrian Rios, 17, last month.
Rios was last seen sometime around Nov. 15, when he went to watch a San Diego Chargers football game on TV at the Seyms' rented house on Bluejay Way. That night, neighbors reported smelling a fire burning in the backyard.
Hemet police executed a search warrant on the property two days later and found a shallow grave and burned body parts that were later identified as Rios' remains.
Campos' parents returned home while the fire was still burning, police said.
All four were described by police as friends. Rios was a student at Hemet Community School, a facility for those expelled from other schools.
A spokesman for the Riverside County district attorney's office refused to explain why the Seyms were released Monday without being charged, citing the ongoing investigation. The spokesman, John Hall, did not rule out that they could be charged in the future.
-- Tony Barboza
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EDITOR'S PICKS:
I do not believe the burnt remains have been officially identified as Adrian Rios. Most likely this will be true but the DNA results have not been released or discovered yet.
Posted by: Ed | December 08, 2009 at 01:36 PM
Ed, who else could it have been in the fire? Where is Adrian Rios then? Stop trying to cover up the truth.
Posted by: Justice | December 09, 2009 at 09:46 AM
The last update on this case was that the parents of Jose Campos had been released and that the remains still had not been identified. This case appears to be at a stand still at the moment. Have not heard anything more on this case. Seems to be pretty quiet.
Posted by: Christina | December 10, 2009 at 07:43 PM