A man has been arrested after his father’s body was found in a Union City dump

UNION CITY, CA. – Hayward the police detained a man suspected of shooting his father, whose body was found in the village Union City last week’s trash.

Officers were dispatched to a warehouse in the 2000 block of American Avenue around 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 23 for a welfare check on a father and son.

Fmily members said they became concerned when the father did not show up for work that day and did not answer his cell phone, police said.

While no one answered the door, officers were able to enter to search after a document check revealed the son, David Sanchez, 25, was on probation with a search warrant, police said.

Neither man was inside the warehouse, but officers said they found evidence of the shooting and developed probable cause that indicated Sanchez allegedly killed his father, a 58-year-old man whose name has not been released.

On Oct. 24, Oakland police took Sanchez into custody for an unrelated investigation, then told Hayward officers that based on statements he allegedly made while in custody, they should check on his father.

Hayward officers later arrested Sanchez on suspicion of murder and were able to get him to reveal the location of his father’s body, a dumpster in the 33000 block of Central Avenue in Union City.

He is being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail, according to jail records.

Police have not released a possible motive for the killing, but are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Navas at (510) 293-7176. The death was the 13th homicide in the city this year.