Three Twentynine Palms men have been arrested for the murder of Jervon Winston, 27 also of Twentynine Palms. According to a Sheriff’s press release, on October 5, 2021, deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station were requested to initiate a missing person report for Winston. The reporting party stated he was last seen on September 26, 2021, in Twentynine Palms.
On October 8, 2021, due to the suspicious nature of Winton’s disappearance, detectives from the Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail, assumed the investigation. Homicide detectives obtained additional information and evidence which indicated Winston was the victim of a homicide. Detectives located a crime scene at a residence in Twentynine Palms.
On October 9, 2021, Homicide detectives responded to Wonder Valley to investigate human remains, located in a remote desert location. The human remains were later identified as Winston. During the investigation, Homicide detectives identified Michael Isaacs, 21, and Damien Wilkerson, 20, as accessories to Winston’s murder and Miguel Ibarra, 26, as the suspect to Winston’s murder.
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, detectives contacted Isaacs in Joshua Tree. After an interview, Michael Isaacs was arrested for investigation of being an accessory after the fact and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail. On November 19, 2021, detectives located Wilkerson in Columbia, Missouri. After the interview, Damien Wilkerson was extradited to San Bernardino County and also booked into jail for investigation of being an accessory after the fact.
Homicide detectives continued their investigation into Winston’s murder and on March 6, 2022, Sheriff’s Specialized Enforcement Division personnel located Ibarra at a home in Coachella and took him into custody for his active murder warrant. Miguel Ibarra was booked at the Central Detention Center for investigation of homicide.
