(FOX40.COM) — A man has been arrested in connection with a 1998 homicide, the Turlock Police Department announced Thursday.

According to police, on June 2, 1998, Alma Peralta and another person were shot around the 600 block on Angelus Street. Peralta, who was 19, died.

The shooting occurred after a personal dispute with a man named José Luis Villa, now 58, turned violent, police said.

A warrant for Villa's arrest was issued in 2011, but he eluded arrest while living in Mexico.

The Turlock Police Department said it learned new information earlier this month that linked Villa to an address "in the area."

Police arrested Villa on Oct. 13 after conducting a traffic stop and he was booked into jail on murder and attempted murder charges.

"This arrest represents the unwavering dedication

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