# Man charged with killing DoorDash driver hidden in car boot

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/doordash-driver-found-beaten-to-death-in-the-trunk-of-a-tesla-as-cops-nab-suspect-who-eluded-them-with-fake-identity/
- Published: 2026-10-22T03:28:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T03:47:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16228549/Manuel-Adrian-Salceda-arrest-murder-DoorDash-Javier-Becerril.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A DoorDash driver was found dead in the boot of his Tesla.
- Manuel Adrian Salceda has been charged with his murder.
- Investigators say the men knew each other.

## Summary

Manuel Adrian Salceda, 39, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Javier Becerril Jr, a 42-year-old DoorDash driver whose body was found in the boot of his Tesla in Merced County, California. Authorities say Becerril had been shot and assaulted before his body was hidden in the car; Salceda is accused of using false identities to evade detection for months.

Becerril was found on 9 July, and investigators identified Salceda as a suspect. Police tracked a vehicle believed to be carrying him across several Bay Area counties before arresting him at a petrol station in Woodland on Monday. Prosecutors say the men knew each other and had a personal connection; family members told local media Salceda is the brother of Becerril’s former girlfriend, with whom Becerril shared two children. Salceda faces murder and firearm charges, along with six special enhancements, and could face life in prison if convicted.

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