Valley Center, CA Area Cold Cases
Name
Jerrad FletcherAge
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On September 1, 2007, at about 9:00 a.m., deputies from the Lemon Grove Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to assist the San Miguel Fire Department with a non-responsive male at a residence, located at 1889 Hillsdale Drive, in the unincorporated area of El Cajon.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Daniel RodriguezAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On Thursday, October 13, 2005, at about 9:30 p.m., deputies from the Alpine Sheriff’s Substation received a call to assist the California Highway Patrol with a person that was lying on the south shoulder of eastbound Interstate 8 and Tavern Road in Alpine.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Edward Ramsey IIIAge
Cause of Death
MurderInfo
On the evening of June 18, 2004, Edward Harold Ramsey III was walking along the 3000 block of Central Avenue in Spring Valley when he was shot. Witnesses say they saw two black men running from the scene. The men drove away in a white car. Despite paramedics’ best efforts, Ramsey died at the scene.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Patrick GreeneAge
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On January 21, 2003, Patrick Greene, 30, and Brandon Christopher Vigil, 17, were found shortly before 6 a.m. lying face down along Willow Glen Drive.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Brandon VigilAge
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On January 21, 2003, Patrick Greene, 30, and Brandon Christopher Vigil, 17, were found shortly before 6 a.m. lying face down along Willow Glen Drive.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
David Paz (Zeidenberg)Age
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On April 22, 1994, a witness traveling westbound on Interstate 8 noticed a fire south of the freeway near Arnold Way in Alpine. The witness saw a vehicle driving away from the location, heading north on Arnold Way. The witness exited the freeway and drove to the location of the fire. When the witness arrived at the location he noticed what he believed was a mannequin on fire in the roadway. When the fire was extinguished they discovered it was the remains of an unidentified adult male. The victim remained unidentified until December 2006. Cause of death was due to gunshot wounds.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Diana MoffittAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On October 9, 1987, a San Diego County road crew was finishing a job on Blossom Valley Road. They had been cleaning out a ditch overgrown with weeds and debris and had advanced to a spot where the backhoe nudged something hidden in the underbrush. It was the decomposed body of partly-clothed woman who was later identified as Diana Gail Moffitt. The detectives who conducted the preliminary death investigation ruled Moffitt’s death as suspicious. As the investigation progressed, detectives discovered Diana Moffitt was a prostitute in the San Diego and Portland, Oregon areas of the United States.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Elaina RiveraAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Elaina Rivera was reported missing by her father on June 29, 1987. Mr. Rivera went to the Ramona Sheriff Station and told deputies that Elaina was last seen about 6:30pm on June 26, 1987 in the 14000 block of Mussey Grade Road in Ramona.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Kimberly HarperAge
15Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Kimberly Cozart (aka: Kimberly Harper) has been missing since February 1977. She was last known to be living on Banner Grade Road in Julian, California. She was reported missing by her sister on December 15, 1995.Kimberly Cozart is described as a 15-year old, White female. At the time of her disappearance she was 5’00” tall and weighed about 100 lbs. She had long reddish-brown hair and brown eyes.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Beverly RibleyAge
29Cause of Death
MissingInfo
San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Detail continue to look for leads in the 1975 disappearance of 29-year-old Beverly Jean Ribley.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Larry HargisAge
27Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
During the pre-dawn hours of June 25, 1970, Larry Hargis radioed the cab company dispatcher saying a fare asked him to drive from 11th and C Streets in downtown San Diego to the Spring Valley area. That was the last statement the dispatcher heard from Larry Hargis. Later that day, Larry Hargis was found shot to death in a field in the 800 block of Galopago Street, Spring Valley. The victim’s wallet and cab were missing. The cab was later found abandoned that afternoon in the 1200 block of 16th Street in downtown San Diego.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Marvin ShahanAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Missing since 1969–1970 while seeking a boat job; contact Ventura County Cold Case Unit at (805) 383-8739 or coldcase@ventura.orgAgency
Ventura County
Name
Phoutone LothirathAge
30Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Cold case spotlight on october 31, 1995 an unknown, armed asian male, in a full face bandana, posing as a trick-or-treater forced his way into the home of 30 year old phoutone "Tawn" lothirath. The gunman ordered mr. Lothirath's 10 year old son to his room before pinning the victim to the couch and shooting him once in the head and multiple times in the chest. Despite living within a small tight knot laotian community, no one has come forward with information in this case. Anyone with information can contact the escondido police department. The anonymous tip line is (760) 743-8477.Agency
Escondido Police Department
Name
Sibyl RobbinsAge
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
During the evening hours of May 12, 2006, Sibyl Robbins and her husband, Harrison Robbins, were shot in front of their Encinitas home. Sibyl was killed while sitting in the front passenger seat of their Volvo.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
William GibbsAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Detail continue to look for leads in the 2005 unsolved murder of 18-year-old William Napoleon Gibbs.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Frank BressonAge
22Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On August 13, 1995 United States Border Patrol Agents found the body of an unidentified male at Santa Margarita Creek in Fallbrook, near Sandia Creek and Rock Mountain Road.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Bertha PopocaAge
22Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On the afternoon of February 27, 1990, the victim’s son went to his mother’s house to check on her welfare since the victim’s family and friends had not been able to contact Bertha in the last few days. When the son entered the home he found the victim dead in the living room.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Rafael MorenoAge
Cause of Death
MissingInfo
Rafael Moreno was last seen on August 30, 1982 at the Pastime Bar in Escondido. Rafael was in the company of three Hispanic males the last time he was seen. On September 1, 1982, Rafael's van was found in a field in Poway.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Patricia KuzaraAge
7Cause of Death
MurderInfo
On Saturday, September 28, 1974, around 6:30 p.m., seven-year-old Patricia Lee Kuzara left her baby sitter’s home carrying her little red and black blanket and started walking home. It was 2½ miles to her home on Putney Road but Patricia never arrived. Patricia’s mother, Nancy Kuzara, became concerned when Patricia did not arrive at the house and immediately called the Sheriff’s Department to report her daughter missing. The Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team were immediately activated and personnel scoured the area for Patricia.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff
Name
Nikki BenedictAge
14Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
During the early evening hours of May 1, 1967, Nikki Benedict was walking home from a friend’s house when she was critically stabbed and left to die on a nearby dirt trail in the 12700 block of Poway Road, Poway. At about 6:30 p.m., an 11-year-old boy was walking to his home when he discovered Nikki Benedict lying on the roadway critically injured. The boy immediately reported what he discovered to his father who owned a market nearby. Uniform deputies, Poway Valley Fire Department and ambulance personnel responded to the scene. Emergency personnel rendered medical aid and she was transported to Palomar Hospital where she was pronounced deceased upon arrival.Agency
San Diego County Sheriff