4 arrested in Pulaski County homicide

Associated Press - November 19, 2009 6:44 AM ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Four men have been arrested on murder charges in the death of a man found under the Interstate 430 bridge in November.

Little Rock police and Pulaski County sheriff's deputies arrested 44-year-old Apolinar Vargas, 24-year-old Jose Espanosa, 48-year-old Alex Vargas, and 41-year-old Mario Nieto. The four were arrested Wednesday night for first-degree murder in the death of 57-year-old Jose Humberto Mejia.

Investigators say they believe Mejia was killed at an auto repair shop in northwest Pulaski County and his body dumped under the bridge where it was found Nov. 8.

The four suspects are being held in the Pulaski County jail.