Sketches released for two men wanted in 2022 double murder case

Gang members arrested for murder after man shot multiple times in Merced

On November 10, 2025, defendant Jonathan Xavier Dorado was found guilty of two counts of First-Degree Murder and one count of Attempted Murder. A Merced County jury also found true an enhancement that the defendant used a firearm resulting in great bodily injury or death on all three counts. The jury also found true the special circumstance enhancement the defendant committed multiple murders. On April 18, 2021, at approximately 9:50 pm Merced Police Department Officers were dispatched to Conest