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Victim: Carlos Luna

Fugitive Suspect: Salvador Bayardo

Date: February 2, 1986

Address: 3800 Birch Street

Synopsis: Salvador Bayardo is wanted for the murder of Carlos Luna that occurred at 3800 Birch Street on February 2, 1986.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Bayardo with murder.

On February 2, 1986, Luna became involved in an altercation with the suspect Bayardo.  According to a witness, the altercation occurred because Bayardo believed Luna was sleeping with his wife.  At some point during the incident, Bayardo pulled out a handgun and shot Luna multiple times.  Bayardo then retrieved his children from the house, grabbed his wife by her hair and dragged her to his car.  Bayardo was last seen speeding off in his car, a 1970 green two-door Buick, California license 971CUZ.

Luna suffered two gunshot wounds to his torso.  He was transported to the hospital where he died.

Bayardo is a Mexican national who could be living either in Mexico or the United States.  He should be considered armed and dangerous. He was born on 7/13/56 and is 5’7” tall and 150 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes. He goes by several names including: Salvador Bayardo Martinez, Israel Martinez Dominguez and Israel Dominguez Martinez.

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Victim: Georgia Haggai

Date: March 31, 1986

Address: 9900 Dichondra Court

Synopsis: Georgia Haggai was shot to death when she answered her front door just before dawn on March 31, 1986.

Neighbors phoned police after they were awakened by gunshots at about 5 a.m.  Officers arrived to find Haggai lying in her entryway, clad in a robe and dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and upper body.  Haggai’s front door was standing open and the screen door was shut but unlocked.  There were no signs of forced entry into the house and no signs of a struggle.

A neighbor saw a single suspect running away from Haggai’s residence immediately after the gunfire.  The suspect disappeared down the street, and another neighbor then heard the screeching tires of a car speeding away.  The suspect was never identified.

Detectives believe that Haggai must have known her assailant because she was very security conscious.

Haggai was a prominent and successful San Diego businesswoman.  She was the owner and president of Georgia’s Inc., a temporary personnel service for bookkeepers and accountants.  She was also a physical fitness enthusiast and was actively involved in her community, particularly as a member of the Soroptimists.

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Victim: Ed LeDuc

Date: May 14, 1986

Address: 3131 Berger Avenue

Synopsis: In 1985 and 1986, a series of commercial burglaries kept law enforcement officials busy throughout the San Diego area.  The burglars worked in groups, breaking windows with rocks to gain entry to office buildings and taking valuable office equipment such as IBM Selectric typewriters. 

On May 14, 1986 at about 6:10 a.m., Ed LeDuc, an unarmed Sharp Hospital security officer, was checking the corporate office building at 3131 Berger Avenue when he apparently interrupted one of these burglaries in progress.  The suspects attacked LeDuc and clubbed him to death with an antique rifle removed from one of the offices.  The suspects then fled, leaving behind several IBM Selectric typewriters stacked just inside a door leading to the parking lot.

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Victim: Linda Younger

Date: June 27, 1986

Address: 1900 San Diego Avenue

Synopsis: Linda Younger worked as a cab driver for Yellow Cab.  On June 27, 1986, shortly after midnight, a supervisor for the Yellow Cab Company responded to an address in Old Town to check a citizen’s complaint of an unattended cab parked at the curb with its lights shining into a window.  The supervisor arrived there and found Younger, who had been shot to death while sitting in the front seat of her cab.  The motive for the shooting was presumed to be either robbery or attempted robbery.  Detectives noted that Younger was shot while sitting in the front passenger seat of her cab, not in the driver’s seat where she would normally sit to operate the cab. This case may be related to the murder of cab driver Sharyn Kamrath which occurred one month later on July 29, 1986.

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Victim: Harold Stubbs

Date: July 21, 1986

Address: 1342 Eighth Avenue

Synopsis: Harold Stubbs lived alone in an apartment at 1342 Eighth Avenue.  Stubbs was last seen alive on Sunday evening, July 20, 1986, at about 3:30 p.m. when he briefly visited his next-door neighbor.  Stubbs told the neighbor he had a couple of friends over and was getting some beer to bring back.  The neighbor never saw Stubbs after that but continued to hear Stubbs and his guests partying and talking in Stubbs’ apartment until about 9 p.m., at which time the neighbor heard the guests leave.  After that it was quiet.

The following morning, Stubbs failed to show up at work.  The manager of the complex and another tenant entered his apartment and found Stubbs dead inside his bedroom.  He had been bound hand and foot and strangled to death.

A neighbor saw a brown car similar to a Ford Pinto, with Florida license plates, parked in front of Stubbs’ apartment that weekend.  At various times the neighbor also saw two males in their 20s going back and forth between the car and Stubbs’ apartment.  The neighbor described one of the men as dark-haired with a moustache, and one as blond-haired.

Investigators would like to speak to a subject named Felipe Sanchez Gomez regarding this case.  Gomez was a close friend of the victim and may have information of benefit to the case.  Gomez was described as being 29 to 32 years old at the time of this incident, about 5’-7” tall and 150 lbs. Gomez at one time lived at 4029 Delta Street and had a brother named Alfonso who worked for National Steel and Shipbuilding and lived at 2502 Division Street.  (See photo of Felipe Gomez pictured above.)

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Victim: Grace Hayden (photo not available)

Date: May 20, 1987

Address: 4400 36th Street

Synopsis: Grace Hayden was a 79-year old woman who lived alone in a single bedroom home on 4400 36th street, in the Normal Heights area. She was a kind lady who often kept to herself except for a daily visit by a home care person and a weekly visit by a social worker.

Hayden was last known to be alive on May 19, 1987 when she received her daily visit by her home care person. On the following afternoon, Hayden was discovered dead, lying on the floor. Hayden had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death. The evidence suggests that the unknown suspect entered the front or back door that was often kept unlocked.

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Victim: Sharyn Kamrath

Date: July 29, 1986

Address: 8100 Gilman Drive

Synopsis: Sharyn Kamrath worked as a cab driver for Coast Cab.  On the night of July 29, 1986, she picked up a male fare at Sixth Avenue and Broadway in downtown San Diego.  The man got into the back seat and asked to go to 8101 Gilman Drive in La Jolla.

When Kamrath eventually pulled off the I-5 Freeway onto Gilman Drive, (an undeveloped area in 1986) the man produced a handgun and ordered Kamrath to pull to the curb.  The man robbed Kamrath of ten dollars in cash, ordered her to move to the passenger seat, shot her in the neck at point-blank range and pushed her out through the passenger door onto the shoulder of the road.  The man then drove away in Kamrath’s cab. Kamrath’s cab was found two hours after the shooting, abandoned on Fourth Avenue near Upas Street in Hillcrest.

Several passers-by alerted police when they saw Kamrath lying on the side of the road.  Kamrath was rushed to a nearby hospital, and although she was paralyzed from the neck down, she was conscious and alert and gave officers a detailed account of what had occurred and a description of the suspect.

Kamrath described the suspect as follows:  a black male, late 20s to early 30s, with a medium build, clean shaven and with short black hair.  The suspect possibly had a Cuban, Dominican or Puerto Rican accent. (See sketch pictured above.)

Unfortunately, Kamrath was never able to recover from her injury and died in the hospital on August 26, 1986.

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Victim: Dewan Emerson

Date: August 28, 1987

Address: 5200 Naranja Street

Synopsis: The victim, 15-year-old Dewan Emerson, was last seen alive by his mother on April 28, 1987, at 11:30 p.m.  Dewan told his mother he was stepping outside for a few minutes to talk to a male who had come by the house.  Dewan told his mother he knew the male and it would only be a few minutes.  Dewan disappeared and never returned. 

The following morning, two employees of the San Diego Trolley discovered Dewan’s body at the bottom of a drainage ditch on 5200 Naranja Street, a short distance from his home, partially concealed by an overhanging shrub.  Dewan had been strangled and his body had been partially mutilated.  An autopsy revealed Dewan’s hands had been tied and he had been sexually assaulted.

The male who came to Dewan’s door has never been identified.

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Fugitive Suspect: Frank, Rey or Terry

Victim: Armando Alvarez

Date: November 12, 1987

Address: "Chat-N-Chew Bar" in Logan Heights

Synopsis: The suspect photo show above, known only as Frank, Rey or Terry, is wanted for the murder of Armando Alvarez that occurred on November 12, 1987.   

On the evening of November 12, 1987 Armando Alvarez was at the “Chat-N-Chew” bar in Logan Heights playing a game of pool when he became involved in an argument with the suspect. The suspect accused Armando of spreading rumors that the suspect was counterfeiting money.  When tempers escalated, the suspect pulled out a revolver and chased Armando around the bar, eventually chasing him outside and fatally shooting him.

The suspect is described as Cuban male, who goes by the names “Frank” “Rey” or “Terry.”   At the time of the offense the suspect was between 45-48 years old, 6’ tall, medium build, clean-shaven, and wore prescription, dark-framed clear lens glasses.

Victim: Jose Ramirez-Castañeda (photo not available)

Date: May 6, 1988

Address: 2849 K Street

Synopsis: Antonio Rojas is wanted for the murder of Jose Ramirez-Castañeda that occurred at 2849 K Street on May 6, 1988.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Antonio Rojas with murder.

On the morning of May 6, 1988, Rojas knocked on the front door of 2849 K Street looking for Ramirez-Castañeda.  A young boy answered the door and Rojas walked in.  Ramirez-Castañeda was sleeping in the living room and started to get up when Rojas shot him once in the chest.  Rojas then ran out the door and fled the scene in a light blue 1980 AMC Spirit, two-door, California license # 2HXN509.  The shooting was the end result of an earlier physical altercation between Rojas and Ramirez-Castañeda.

Later that morning, at about 9 a.m., Rojas was stopped at the San Clemente checkpoint.  Border Patrol agents, who at that point had no way of knowing that Rojas had just killed someone, took Rojas into custody for illegal entry and deported him back to Mexico.  By the time detectives started their search for the killer, Rojas had disappeared into Mexico.

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Victim: Carlos Pacheco

Fugitive Suspect: Melvin Pacheco

Date: May 8, 1988

Address: 3633 Marlborough Avenue

Synopsis: Melvin Pacheco is wanted for the murder of his cousin Carlos Pacheco that occurred at 3633 Marlborough Avenue on May 8, 1988.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Melvin Pacheco with murder.

On May 8, 1988, the victim Carlos Pacheco and the suspect Melvin Pacheco were in the victim’s apartment.  They began arguing and during the course of the argument, Melvin Pacheco retrieved a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Carlos Pacheco in the abdomen. Carlos exited the apartment and made his way to a nearby corridor where he collapsed and died.  Melvin Pacheco fled the scene on foot.

Melvin Pacheco is a Honduran national and at one time was believed to have made his way back to San Pedro Sola, Colonia las Brizas, Honduras.  Melvin and Carlos Pacheco grew up in the same city in Honduras.  

Persons who might have knowledge of Melvin Pacheco’s whereabouts include:

1) Jose Francisco Pacheco-Iriarte DOB 07-21-59, the suspect’s brother; 2) Freddie Rene Pacheco-Iriarte DOB 5-21-62, the victim’s brother, and; 3) Belsy Nineth Quijada-Gutierrez  DOB 8-31-70, Freddie Pacheco’s girlfriend.

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Fugitive Suspect: Victor Hugo Garcia Sandoval

Victim: Alfredo Estrada, 24

Date: September 3, 1988

Address: 3142 National Avenue

Synopsis: The suspect Victor Hugo Garcia Sandoval is wanted for the murder of 24-year-old Alfredo Estrada that occurred on September 3, 1988 at 3142 National Avenue. There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Sandoval with murder.

On the evening of September 3, 1988, the victim Alfredo Estrada and several friends attended a baptismal party at 3142 National Avenue. During the party, one of Estrada’s friends became involved in a verbal argument with the woman who owned the house.  The argument escalated into a fight involving Estrada’s friend and the suspect, Victor Sandoval. Sandoval produced a knife and stabbed Estrada’s friend in the chest, at which point Estrada came to his friend’s defense and was also stabbed. Estrada’s friend survived his injuries but Estrada suffered multiple stab wounds and died at a local hospital.

Victor Hugo Garcia Sandoval is a Hispanic male born 12-18-65. He is 5’6” tall and weighs 135 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Sandoval reportedly fled to Mexico following the shooting.

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Fugitive Suspect: Florentino Galena Reyes

Victim: Nicolasa Salgado, 40

Date: September 29, 1988

Address: 2204 Island Avenue

Synopsis: The suspect Florentino Reyes is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend Nicolasa Salgado, 40, that occurred on September 29, 1988 at 2204 Island Avenue. There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Reyes with murder.

On September 29, 1988, the suspect Reyes, his girlfriend Nicolasa Salgado and their daughter were at home asleep. Reyes woke up and told Salgado to move to the other side of the bed. When she did not immediately comply, Reyes removed a handgun from beneath the bed and shot her in the torso. Their daughter witnessed the shooting. Salgado was rushed to the hospital where she died later that morning. Reyes fled the apartment and has been on the run ever since.

Reyes is a Hispanic male. His exact date of birth in unknown, but at the time of the incident he was 43 years old. He is 5’4” tall and weighs 165 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the incident Reyes was clean-shaven. Reyes has a two-inch scar on his left side, near the rib cage. He wears upper dentures, and his lower left front tooth is smaller than the rest of his lower teeth. There are some marks on both calves that may be varicose veins. His left big toe has a scar from the removal of an ingrown toenail.  

Reyes was born in Acapulco, Mexico, and is a Mexican national. He came to the United States from San Geronimo, Mexico. He has relatives in Los Angeles and Chicago. It is believed he fled to Mexico immediately following the shooting.

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Fugitive Suspect: Domingo Gomez-Pantaleon aka "Mingo"

Date: January 17, 1989

Address: 3300 Cedar Street

Synopsis: Domingo Gomez-Pantaleon is wanted for the murder of Jose Paulo Hernandez-Ulloa, 27, that occurred on January 17, 1989 at 3300 ‘C’ Street.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Gomez-Pantaleon with murder.

Gomez-Pantaleon and his brother, Austolio, shot and stabbed the victim Jose Hernandez-Ulloa in a residence on the 3300 block of “C” Street. The suspects then dumped the body on 3300 Cedar Street. Austolio Gomez was arrested and convicted for the crime in 1990, but Gomez-Pantaleon is still at large. 

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Victim: Harrison Smith, age 27

Date: April 14, 1989

Address: 200 South 32nd Street

Synopsis: On the evening of April 14, 1989, Harrison Smith, 27, was standing on the corner of 32nd and Webster Streets when a vehicle occupied by three males pulled up. Harrison approached the vehicle and leaned into the passenger side, at which point a struggle broke out between Harrison and one of the men in the car. The car left going northbound on 32nd Street with Harrison hanging out the window. Harrison was discovered moments later 1 ½ blocks up the street, lying on the pavement and suffering from a deep stab wound to the torso. Harrison was driven to a nearby hospital but died the following day.

The suspect vehicle was described as a larger, American made sedan, possibly a Ford or an Oldsmobile Delta 88.

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Victim: Sung Yee Barr, age 64

Date: May 16, 1989

Address: 4911 Diane Court

Synopsis: Sung Yee Barr, 64, and her 27-year-old son were attacked and beaten inside their Clairemont home in the early morning hours of May 16, 1989. The son survived his injuries but Mrs. Barr was less fortunate; as a result of the attack she died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries. Robbery appeared to be the motive because the suspect(s) stole a computer and both victims’ cars from the residence.

Several days after the murder, police officers in East San Diego arrested a subject named Marco A. Torres, a.k.a. “Lobo,” (born 5-30-68) driving Mrs. Barr’s stolen vehicle. In an interview with detectives, Torres admitted driving the car but denied any participation in the robbery/murder.

The son’s car was recovered abandoned on a street in Logan Heights several days after the murder. 

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Fugitive Suspect: Alberto Violante (aka "El Petaco")

Date: May 27, 1989

Address: 2047 ½ 30th Street

Synopsis: Alberto Violante is wanted for the murders of Jesus Guetzala-Zeferino, 25 and Roberto Martinez-Ocampo, 23, that occurred on May 27, 1989 at 2047 ½ 30th Street.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Violante with two counts of murder.

Police officers responded to a “shots fired” call at a residence on 30th Street and found the victims lying on the living room floor. Both had been shot and stabbed. The motive appeared to be a residential robbery and “drug rip.”  The victims and suspects (there were two suspects) were known to each other and all were small time drug dealers.  Apparently, on the day of this incident, a fight broke out between the victims and suspects. One of the victims took out a handgun, but he was disarmed and shot with his own weapon, as was his companion.

The two suspects initially fled to Tijuana, Mexico. One suspect was subsequently arrested, but Alberto Violante is still outstanding.

Alberto Violante born 4-08-62, is a Hispanic male, 5’4” 140 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.  He has a scar on his nose.

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Victim: Roderick Gordon McKnight

Fugitive Suspect: Barahona Yldelfonso

Date: September 18, 1989

Address: 2600 Ulric Street

Synopsis: Yldelfonso Barahona is wanted for the murder of Roderick Gordon McKnight, age 41. The murder occurred on September 18, 1989 at 2600 Ulric Street. There are two felony arrest warrants charging Barahona with murder and escape.

On September 18, 1989, Barahona and a group of Salvadoran males confronted another group of males who were suspected of breaking car windows in the area. There was a long history of animosity between the two neighborhood groups. Barahona was seen aiming a rifle at the victim, Roderick McKnight, and firing the rifle. Barahona was arrested and eventually admitted his involvement. Barahona was in custody for the murder, but managed to escape, and has been at large ever since.

Barahona is a Salvadoran male born June 1, 1970.  He is 5’7” tall and weighs 130 lbs., with thick black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the incident he had a mustache. Barahona is a laborer from El Salvador and he uses multiple aliases, including Eldefonso Baraona-Cruz, Eldefonso Barahona, and “Poncho.”

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Victim: Ewing Scroggs

Date: Dec. 10, 1989

Address: 4800 Mission Boulevard

Synopsis: Ewing Scroggs was an 83-year-old male who lived alone in a residence on 4800 Mission Boulevard in Pacific Beach.  On the afternoon of December 10, 1989, relatives went to Scroggs’ house to check on him and found his body on the floor inside. Scroggs had been stabbed and beaten to death. The interior of his home had been ransacked and there was property missing, including an antique, handmade quilt, a blue button-up sweater, a women’s size-6 tan cashmere coat, and a man’s wedding band.

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Fugitive Suspect: Antonio Morgan Orosco (aka "Lefty")

Date: July 3, 1989

Address: 200 Front Street, San Ysidro

Synopsis: Antonio Morgan Orosco is wanted for the murder of Guero Guanato that occurred on July 3, 1989 in San Ysidro. There are two outstanding felony arrest warrants charging Orosco with murder and escape.

The victim, preliminarily identified as Guero Guanato, was shot and killed at 324 Willow #74 in San Ysidro. Guanato’s body was dumped nearby in the complex parking lot.  The suspects were identified by the nicknames of “Lefty” and “Tavo.”  “Tavo” was never identified or located. “Lefty” (Antonio Orosco) was arrested for the murder of Guanato, but later escaped custody and has been at large ever since.

The victim in this case, known only by the alias Guero Guanato, has never been fully identified and no relatives or next-of-kin could be located.

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Fugitive Suspect: Angel Fonesca Celestino

Date: July 7, 1989

Address: 720 Iona Drive

Synopsis: The suspect Angel Fonseca Celestino is wanted for the murder of 27-year-old Rigoberto Rivera that occurred on July 7, 1989 at 720 Iona Drive. There is a felony arrest warrant charging Celestino with murder.

Celestino, in the company of two Hispanic males, went to the above residence where Rivera was visiting a female resident. An argument arose between Celestino and Rivera over money. The argument escalated and Celestino drew a handgun and shot Rivera.  One of the accompanying suspects was identified by nickname as “El Topo” and was described as being Hispanic, short black hair, no mustache, 5’3” with a medium build.

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Victim: Maria Vargas

Fugitive Suspect: Pedro Antonio Guzman

Date: March 17, 1990

Address: 2945 National Avenue

Synopsis: Pedro Antonio Guzman, also known as Pedro Antonio Gonzales, D.O.B. 5-6-63, is wanted for the murder of Maria Vargas. There is a felony warrant outstanding for Guzman charging him with murder.  Guzman is a Hispanic male, 5’1”, 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. 

The incident for which Guzman is wanted occurred on March 17, 1990.  Guzman and Vargas were living together in an apartment at 2945 National Avenue.  They were last seen preparing a meal and then retiring together to their room.  The next morning Vargas’ body was found and Guzman was gone.  Guzman failed to show up that morning for the first day of a new job.  Guzman is believed to have fled to Veracruz, Mexico, after the murder.

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Victim: Maria Hanbury

Fugitive Suspect: Gonzalo Montañez

Date: March 22, 1990

Address: 1804 Lonja Way

Synopsis: Gonzalo Herrera Montañez is wanted for the murder of Maria Hanbury that occurred at 1804 Lonja Way on March 22, 1990.  There is an outstanding felony arrest warrant charging Montañez with murder.

On March 22, 1990, at about 5:30 p.m., the badly burned body of a female was found in the trunk of a car in a remote area of Tijuana, Mexico.  The female had been stabbed several times in the back and chest.  The vehicle was registered to Hanbury and the body turned out to be that of Hanbury.  Hanbury was last seen alive on Thursday, March 22, 1990 in the late morning.

Hanbury was the mother of five, owned a home in San Ysidro, and had her own used battery business.  The suspect in the case, Gonzalo Herrera Montañez, was living with Hanbury’s daughter with whom he shared a child under the age of one.  Montañez also worked for Hanbury at her shop.  Detectives believe that Montañez broke into Hanbury’s home, struggled with her, stabbed her to death and then tried to cover up his crime by mopping up her blood.  Montañez sustained several cuts to his hands during the course of the murder.

Witnesses observed Montañez acting strangely the day of the murder and he was seen driving the victim’s car.  A man fitting his description was also seen later that day driving the victim’s car in the secluded foothills of Tijuana, Mexico where it was found burning with the victim’s body in the trunk. 

Montañez was 22, 5’3” and weighed about 160 pounds at the time of the crime.  He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and wore a mustache at that time.  At the time of the murder he owned three cars:  a 1987 Yellow Chevrolet Camaro coupe, California license 2KYV749; a 1986 maroon Ford Escort California license 2PSR124, and; a 1987 white and maroon Mazda PK, California license 2D03259.

Montañez would now be 39 years old.  He may be living in Mexico or in the San Diego area.  Montañez’ family lived at 728 Osage Street in Spring Valley in 2000.

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Victims: Castro Estoban & Rafael Sanchez

Date: June 12, 1990

Address: State Highway 78, West of Marker # 27

Synopsis: On June 12, 1990, at about 10 p.m., a park ranger driving along State Route 78 enroute to his job at the Wild Animal Park noticed what he believed to be a woman walking along the side of the roadway in an apparent “dazed” state.  The ranger continued on and reported to work, but about four hours later he had an opportunity to return to the area to check on the woman, at which time he found her again in the same location as before, but this time sitting slumped on the edge of the highway unresponsive and bleeding from a head wound.  The guard summoned help and the woman was taken via ambulance to Palomar Medical Center, where it was discovered that the woman was actually a man dressed in female attire, and that he had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.  The victim never regained consciousness and died later in the day.  Relatives identified the deceased man as Rafael Sanchez.

Meanwhile, that same morning at about 7 a.m., a truck driver traveling along the same area of Highway 78 spotted a second victim; the body of what appeared to be a woman on the shoulder of the road, about 50 yards away from where the first victim had been found.  The truck driver flagged down a passing San Diego Sheriff’s Department unit who checked and determined the victim was in fact deceased, having been killed by a single gunshot wound to the head.  This victim, like the first one, was actually a man dressed in female attire.  He was later identified as Castro Estoban.

Estoban and Sanchez were transvestites who worked as prostitutes.  Sanchez frequented several bars in Escondido, in particular the Pastime Club on West Grand Avenue, where he was known as “Blanca.”  Estoban, aka “Cinthia,” had recently arrived in the Escondido area. Each had been killed with a single gunshot (.22 long rifle bullets) to the head.  Detectives believe the victims were shot somewhere else, possibly in a vehicle, and their bodies dumped at the location.  The motive for the slayings is unknown.

Sanchez was last been seen alive at about 9:00 p.m. when he stopped by a friend’s house on Lincoln Avenue to borrow twenty dollars.  Sanchez intended to walk over the bridge across Highway 78 to the Lucky Advantage Supermarket to buy some fruits and sandwiches.

No motive for these slayings has ever been determined.

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Victim: Joseph Fernandes

Date: July 8, 1990

Address: G Street Pier

Synopsis: The victim, Joseph Fernandes, was the night watchman aboard the fishing vessel the "Sea Quest" at the G Street pier in San Diego. Fernandes' body was discovered on the boat in the early morning hours on July 8, 1990. He had been stabbed several times in the upper torso and face. His body was left on the wet deck of the boat and covered by a plastic sheet.

The suspect was identified as Gregorio Quezada-Mosivais (pictured above). He is a fisherman and believed to have fled to Ensenada, Mexico or Sinaloa, Mexico after committing the murder. Quezada-Monsivais should be considered armed and dangerous and violent while intoxicated. There is an arrest warrant for Quezada-Monsivais charging him with murder and auto theft. He is a Hispanic male, 6-21-68, 5'8" tall and 180lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He uses the aliases: Gregorio Cortez-Cortez, Simon China and Greg Craig.

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Victim: Doctor Charles William Thomas

Date: September 28, 1990

Address: 4100 El Cajon Boulevard

Synopsis: On Saturday evening, September 28, 1990, a group of passersby found Doctor Charles Thomas slumped over in his vehicle, a 1987 red Nissan Sentra, stopped in front of an ATM machine in front of the Bank of America on 4100 El Cajon Boulevard.  Dr. Thomas had been stabbed multiple times. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died a short time later.

Information developed during the investigation indicated that Dr. Thomas may have been attacked by a prostitute and/or a pimp while stopped along El Cajon Boulevard, possibly during a botched robbery.

Doctor Thomas was a psychologist who had a private practice and was also a professor of Urban Studies and Planning at UCSD and San Diego State University. At the time he was murdered, his family was still recovering from the recent cancer-related death of his wife Shirley, who was also a professor.

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Victim: Robert Harris Mann

Date: November 2, 1990

Address: South Jetty/Mission Beach

Synopsis: On November 2, 1990, a female jogger notified San Diego lifeguards of a body in the water at the south jetty. Lifeguards responded to the area and discovered the body of 20-year-old Robert Harris Mann which had washed ashore. Mann sustained trauma to his head.

Mann was last seen alive at a Halloween party in Pacific Beach. Mann never returned home after the party and his mother filed a missing person report.