One year after Fito Celedón’s brutal murder in Berkeley, his family hopes for new information that could lead to an arrest.
Amber Nelson
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Reward grows for information about killers of Chilean man
The reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the men who killed Adolfo Ignacio Celedón has increased to $20,000, thanks to a new donation made by the Chilean government. Celedón was killed 10 months ago on Sept. 12, 2010, at the intersection of Adeline and Emerson streets. He and his fiancé, Amber Nelson, […]
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Block party planned on anniversary of Berkeley homicide
Six months ago, on Sept. 12, 2010, 35-year-old Adolfo Ignacio Celedón Bravo and his fiancée, Amber Nelson, were walking home from a party when they were ambushed and robbed near Ashby BART. Two assailants shot and killed Celedón. The randomness of the murder shocked the Berkeley community and the crime is still unsolved. To mark the […]
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Police chief hopeful of solving Berkeley murder case
Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said he is “very hopeful” about solving the homicide case of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, 35, who was killed on Adeline Street near Emerson on Sunday, Sept. 12, while walking home from a party with his fiancée, Amber Nelson. Speaking at a community meeting on Wednesday night at the Black Repertory Group Theater on […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of their car and approached the couple as they walked home […]