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People: A Murder, a Cigarette, and a 50-Year Mystery: Cops Think They've Cracked Woman's Slaying Inside Volkswagen Beetle
Nearly 50 years after 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston was found strangled in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle, an Ohio man has been charged with her 1977 murder — thanks to a fingerprint left on a pack of Eve cigarettes.
Mercury News: Sunnyvale: 78-year-old man gets life in prison for 1982 stabbing death of teen girl
An elderly man who eluded suspicion for four decades after he viciously stabbed a teen girl in Sunnyvale will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced Monday in a San Jose courtroom.
New York Times: Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks a 48-Year-Old California Murder Case
Jeannette Ralston was at the Lion’s Den bar in San Jose, Calif., when she told her friends that she would be “back in 10 minutes.”
She never returned.
ABC 7: DNA found on cigarette carton leads to major break in 1977 San Jose cold case murder
After decades of no leads, DNA and fingerprints found on a pack of cigarettes led the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office to a suspect in a decades-old cold case murder.
Mercury News: Bambi Larson murder case, which put San Jose’s sanctuary policy on public trial, in limbo after second incompetency declaration
Six years after a man sought by immigration authorities was charged with brutally stabbing a South San Jose woman in a case that drew national scrutiny to the county’s sanctuary policies, his prosecution remains in limbo after he was deemed — for a second time — incompetent to stand trial for murder.
ABC 7: 4 charged in NorCal theft ring that stole over $92K in Home Depot merchandise
Four men have been charged with organized retail crimes, which led to tens of thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise up and down Northern California.
Mercury News: Baby Phoenix fentanyl death: DA alleges father got fake urine before calling 911 for infant’s overdose
Prosecutors say a man charged in the fatal fentanyl overdose of his 3-month-old daughter two years ago called a friend to secure fake urine for him before he called 911 after discovering his lifeless infant in his home.
KRON 4: Large crowd gathers in San Jose to protest deadly attack in Kashmir
More than 100 people rallied in downtown San Jose on Sunday to protest last week’s violent attack in the Indian-controlled province of Kashmir, where gunmen killed 26 tourists and injured 17 others.
Mercury News: San Jose: Two arrested in separate graffiti cases, police say
City and police officials announced Friday the arrests of two men accused of engaging in “prolific” graffiti that blighted dozen of areas spanning San Jose going back at least two years.
Mercury News: Father of Baby Phoenix who died of fentanyl overdose wants felony dropped; mental health program instead
Lawyers for Baby Phoenix Castro’s father, facing felony child endangerment charges for her fentanyl overdose death two years ago, are asking the court to allow him to enter a mental health diversion program instead of face a jail sentence — a request prosecutors plan to vehemently fight.