(Big Beaver, Pa.) The Beaver Falls Police Department is reporting that they have arrested Eder Gomez Ernesto Ramos, 23-years old, from Aliquippa, previously known to reside in Mexico and Texas, as part of the ongoing investigation being conducted by the City of Beaver Falls Police, Beaver County Detectives Office and the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office,  into the  fire and homicide that occurred on Shenango Road on Sunday morning, March 14, 2021.

Fireman were called to the home at 1095 Shenango Road in Big Beaver Borough at 6:07 AM Sunday morning. While fireman were extinguishing the blaze they found the body of 26 year-old Rolando Contreras.  Beaver County Coroner David Gabauer determined Contreras died from gun shot wounds to the head, chest, and pelvis.

Ramos is currently in the Beaver County Jail on charges of arson, endangering persons, aggravated arson,  abuse of a corpse, criminal conspiracy, and tampering with physical evidence.

Police have also issued warrants for 43 year-old Ana Cecilia Mireles of Big Beaver Borough, Mireles is known to have also resided in Mexico and Texas, and 32 year-old Raul Manuel Rivera-Arroyo also of Big Beaver, known to have previously resided in Louisiana both are being charged with arson, endangering persons, aggravated arson,  abuse of a corpse, criminal conspiracy, and tampering with physical evidence.

Police believe that both Mireles and Rivera-Arroyo have fled the area. They are both considered to be armed and dangerous.

Beaver Falls Police Chief David Johnson said in the statement that the incident is being investigated as a homicide.  Police are asking anyone with information to the incident or anyone who may have been a witness to activity at 1095 Shenango Road between the hours of 3 AM and 6 AM to contact the City of Beaver Falls Police Department or the Beaver County Detectives Bureau at 724-846-7000 or 724-775-0880.