MODESTO, Calif. — Modesto Police Department has opened a homicide investigation after finding a man laying dead near a Modesto roadway on Friday night.
Officers found 25-year-old Joel Vasquez Barragan laying near South Conejo Avenue and Oregon Drive on Friday at 11 p.m., according to Modesto Police Department officials. He was later pronounced dead.
Vasquez Barragan was from Modesto, according to officers.
The department's Violent Crime Unit has since taken over the investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the department at 209-342-9667.
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