Southern California man linked by DNA to the murders of 2 women in 1981
VENTURA, Calif. — A man in Southern California has allegedly been linked to two cold case murders in 1981 by DNA, officials say. In a news release,...
VENTURA, Calif. — A man in Southern California has allegedly been linked to two cold case murders in 1981 by DNA, officials say. In a news release, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said that Tony Garcia, 68, has been charged with first-degree murder for the 1981 cold case murders of Rachel Zendejas and Lisa Gondek. Garcia is accused of kidnapping, raping, and strangling Zendejas, 20, in Camarillo, California, in Jan. 1981 and stringing Gondek in Oxnard, California, in Dec. 1981, according to CBS News.