Missing Rochester Man Found Dead in Cattaraugus County, Arrest Made

Rochester Police say a missing persons case is now a murder and have made an arrest.

28-year-old Luis Leon was reported missing from his Indiana Street home Saturday.

And his body was found Monday night in a field in Cattaraugus County.

Investigators say he died of blunt force trauma.

48-year-old Ruben Ortiz of Livingston County is charged with 2nd-degree murder.

Ortiz already served time for manslaughter in a 1993 homicide in Kings County.

Police say Leon and Ortiz knew each other, but have not disclosed a motive.


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