NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Police in Nevada said Friday that a man wanted in the 1994 slaying of a beauty pageant competitor has been arrested in Tennessee.
Fernando Garcia Valenzuela, 33, was taken into custody Thursday evening in Whiteville, Tenn., east of Memphis, according to North Las Vegas police Sgt. Tim Bedwell.
The arrest came more than two years after another man, Joseph Javier Villezcas, was convicted for his role in the slaying of 25-year-old Tara Cleveland.
Cleveland, a model who was runner-up in the 1994 Miss Nevada USA pageant, was shot in the face in December 1994 when she followed a car and confronted a motorist after his vehicle struck hers, according to police.
Cleveland was found dead in front of a home in North Las Vegas. Her car was found near a highway in Searchlight, about 50 miles south of Las Vegas.
Both men were sought in a warrant issued in Clark County in December 1996.
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