- Arrest in killing of woman seen running through Tahoe campground
![An anonymous call in 1979 alerted authorities to a body found at Sugar Pine Point State Park, Lake Tahoe, California.]()
- Man with disturbing history arrested in Bay Area cold case
![Holly Ann Campiglia, 21, was found dead in Dixon in August 1980. Solano County investigators arrested Herman Lee Hobbs in Feb. 2023 on suspicion of her murder.]()
- 'Lady in the fridge' murder victim ID'd as Bay Area mother of 3
![A woman found dead inside a refrigerator in San Joaquin County in March 1995 was identified as Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza in February 2023.]()
- 'Fernando' sought in Calif. woman's death, disappearance of kids
![Composite sketch of the man known only as "Fernando," shared by Arizona police who are trying to determine who killed Marina Ramos in 1989.]()
- 'Hiding in plain sight': Calif. karate teacher killed 2, cops say
![Lisa Gondek, left, and Rachel Zendejas were both killed in 1981 in Ventura County, Calif. On Feb. 9, 2023, the sheriff's office announced Tony Garcia was arrested and charged with two counts of murder.]()
- 'Unsolved Mysteries' features bizarre Bay Area case
![La Grange Road in La Grange, California.]()
Recently Solved Cases
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![Christine Munro, a nurse and mother of four, was killed why jogging in Redding, Calif. in 1995.]()
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![Michaela Garecht]()
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![Dolores Wulff was identified as the victim in a long-cold murder investigated by Benicia police. Wulff's torso washed up on a Benicia shoreline in 1979 and she was finally identified in Oct. 2020.]()
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![Jason Allen, left, of Michigan, and Lindsay Cutshall, of Ohio, are shown at their wedding shower in May 2004 at the home of Jason's parents, Bob and Dolores Allen, location unknown. Allen, 26, and Cutshall, 23, two soon-to-be-married Christian camp counselors, died almost instantly when they were shot in their heads in their sleeping bags on a remote Sonoma County, Calif.,beach, authorities said Friday, Aug. 20, 2004, as dozens of officers joined the hunt for the killer. Police have no suspects in their slayings, which apparently occurred Sunday or Monday, Sonoma Sheriff's Lt. Dave Edmonds said. (AP Photo/Family via The Coshocton Tribune, File). HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/29/2004): SECNEWS: SEEKING ANSWERS: Engaged couple Jason Allen, 26, and Lindsay Cutshall, 22, were shot and killed in their sleeping bags on a Sonoma County, Calif., beach. Police have no suspects in their slayings.]()
The mystery spanned 15 years and countless conspiracy theories.
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![File photo of police car lights. Flashing Lights on Police Car]()
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![View of Half Dome from Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park]()
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![Aerial panorama of Shasta Lake in Northern California, crossed by the Pit River Bridge carrying I-5.]()
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![The apartment complex at 1111 Pine Street in San Francisco where chef Masa Kobayashi was killed in 1983. He lived on the third floor.]()
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![Stockton police released this image of a person of interest in a series of five killings in the city in 2022.]()
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![This 2003 photo provided by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office shows Shannon Vielguth.]()
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![Stockton police released this image of a person of interest in a series of five killings in the city in 2022.]()
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![A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin and copies of letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by a man who called himself Zodiac are displayed Thursday, May 3, 2018, in San Francisco. Detectives in Northern California are trying to get a DNA profile on the Zodiac Killer to track him down using the same family-tree tracing technology investigators used in the Golden State Killer case. Vallejo police Detective Terry Poyser tells the Sacramento Bee his agency has recently submitted two envelopes that contained letters from the Zodiac Killer for DNA analysis. The Zodiac Killer stabbed or shot to death five people in Northern California in 1968 and 1969. He was dubbed the Zodiac Killer after he sent taunting letters and cryptograms to police and newspapers that included astrological symbols. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)]()
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![A photo of Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell.]()
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![FILE - Paul Flores puts on a new N95 mask Aug. 3, 2021, at a preliminary hearing in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Kristin Smart disappeared during her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo more than 25 years ago. She is presumed dead and her body remains missing but the man accused of killing her is going on trial Monday, July 18, 2022. Paul Flores is charged with murder and his father, Ruben Flores, is charged as an accomplice for allegedly helping him bury her body. The two have pleaded not guilty. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune of San Luis Obispo via AP, Pool, File)]()
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![Person thought to be Kassandra McKee in Sav-Mor Mart, San Francisco, July 27, 2022.]()
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![The 2400 block of Medallion Drive in Union City.]()
