SAN ANTONIO – A body recovered from a San Antonio apartment fire has been identified as a missing San Antonio man. 

Jared Vargas, 20, was missing for three days prior to the fire Monday evening.

The fire occurred at an apartment complex in the 7900 block of Jones Maltsberger Road, just north of the Alamo Quarry Market around 6:45 p.m. Authorities said the blaze was contained to a single apartment. After the fire was out, Vargas' body was discovered inside.

Authorities have arrested Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia, 20, and charged him with murder, arson and abuse of a corpse in connection to Vargas's death.

His bond has been set at $195,000.