By City News Service
Jul 16, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - A 51-year-old man accused of killing his roommate in Santa Ana 25 years ago was behind bars today in the Orange County Jail.
Edgar Ortega Cervantes was extradited from Mexico on Thursday and is being held on $2 million bail pending arraignment Monday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
Cervantes is accused of fatally stabbing 24-year-old Julio Franco in their apartment in the 500 block of Spruce Street on June 26, 1996, Bertagna said.
The case went cold, but in 2009, detectives submitted forensic evidence to the Orange County Crime Lab from the crime scene that allegedly links Cervantes to the killing, Bertagna said.
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By City News Service
Jul 15, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County prosecutors announced today that investigators have determined who raped and killed a 19-year-old Garden Grove nursing student 44 years ago, thanks to a DNA match made through a genealogical connection.
Terry Dean Hawkins, who died in the Orange County Jail in 1977, was deemed responsible for the rape and murder of Janet Stallcup in December 1976, according to the Orange County District Attorney s Office.
Stallcup was reported missing after she failed to show up for a party on Dec. 19, 1976. Her body was found in her car about eight days later, just 2 1/2 miles from her apartment.
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A 64-year-old man was awaiting extradition Friday on charges related to the sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in her apartment 41 years ago, police said.
Andre William Lepere of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested Wednesday on a murder charge, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Lepere is being held without bail in Otero County in New Mexico, where he s awaiting extradition hearings, Carringer said. Lepere is accused of raping and killing 79-year-old Viola Hagenkord, who died of asphyxiation, Carringer said. Lepere lived near the victim in Anaheim, but was not previously acquainted with her, Carringer said.