Three teens were arrested in connection with the slaying of a 19-year-old man whose partially buried body was discovered in a Pasadena park by his mother on November 2.
Investigators believe Nathaniel Navarro was fatally shot inside his car when he arrived to sell drugs to suspects Jeanette Lea Clifton, 18; Serenity Delgado, 17; and Cruz Isaiah Martinez, 18.
The suspects admitted plotting to rob Navarro’s drugs, money, and car before meeting him at Satsuma Park at around 1:30 a.m.
Martinez, who has a criminal history, fired the fatal shots that killed Navarro. Delgado provided the gun.
Clifton brought a shovel and dug a hole where she buried the victim. She also recovered shell casings from the scene, police said.
An eyewitness called 911 to report hearing gunshots and spotting individuals dragging a man’s body from a wrecked car through the park.
Surveillance footage from the park and a nearby business also caught the crime.
Navarro lost his brother in June 2022. Their mother, Pricilla, was the one to find Navarro’s body after tracking down his phone.
On social media, the grieving mom posted pictures of the siblings commenting that they are now “together.”
“My life will never be the same,” she said.
