FIRST ON FOX: STOCKTON, Calif. — California authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the 2019 disappearance of 17-year-old Victoria Marquina, a high schooler from Sutter Creek.

Joshua Martinez, who was an early suspect in the case but was released due to a lack of evidence, is currently being held without bail at the San Joaquin County Jail,

according to the county district attorney's office.

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Records show he was arrested Friday on a murder charge as well as statutory rape and other child sex allegations.

Victoria was reported missing in October 2019 and hasn't been seen since.

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Although she was from Amador County, her phone last pinged in San Joaquin County on

Oct.…