Detectives turn to rapid DNA technology for clues in 45-year-old cold case
Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Office
A technician utilizes the ANDE Rapid DNA machine.
and last updated 2021-04-07 22:49:03-04
Thereâs a new crime-fighting tool being used by the Santa Barbara County Sheriffâs Office and for the first time, itâs being used in a cold case.
The ANDE rapid DNA instrument is being used in the cold case homicide of Paul Ornelas.
The 16-year-old Goleta resident was found dead more than four decades ago and his killer was never found. Ornelas s body was discovered near the train tracks below the Turnpike Road overpass on June 21, 1975.