Deputies make arrest in Golden Gate Estates homicide

NAPLES, Fla.- A man is being held on $1 million bond, accused of murdering a 32-year-old man, then dumping his body in the woods.

Gonzalo Viveros-Ruiz, 22, appeared in court Wednesday for second-degree murder and robbery charges.

Collier County deputies identified Viveros-Ruiz as a suspect in the death of Felix Baca, after Baca’s body was found Monday afternoon in a wooded area along 72nd Avenue Northeast in Golden Gate Estates.

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