Waiting on Justice: A KION Special Report
In the wee hours on the morning of August 8, 2002, the mother of three young children and beloved Salinas waitress, 25-year-old Loretta “Lori…
Continue ReadingIn the wee hours on the morning of August 8, 2002, the mother of three young children and beloved Salinas waitress, 25-year-old Loretta “Lori…
Continue ReadingPRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION) — The suspect accused of killing George Smith and Eva Thompson at the Prunedale Smith’s Restaurant back in 1991 has been…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) In the city of Seaside, there’s a string of homicides interwoven, cold cases stemming from a violent chapter in the city’s…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) At 33-years-old Joette Marie Smith owned a restaurant in Ben Lomond. The year was 1983 and smith was…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION) Closing arguments began in the Kristin Smart murder trial on Monday after weeks of testimony from witnesses, detectives,…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Anne Pham was five-years-old when she was brutally murdered and sexually assaulted in 1982. Her murderer dumped her body…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Seaside Police said Frederick Pirtle had no gang ties. Yet during the early morning hours of August 26th, 2017, gang…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said that they have identified skeletal remains found down an embankment…
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested in connection to a 40-year-old cold case.…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The anniversary of a loved one’s death is hard. It might even be harder when you don’t know what happened to them. That’s…
Continue ReadingSalinas police said they have made an arrest in connection to a 1999 cold case homicide in the…
Continue ReadingSALIANS, Calif. (KION-TV) – UPDATE ON MAY 16, 2024 AT 2:39 P.M.- The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said that a Salinas man got…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Seaside Police said the murder of Rafael Wynn was one of four that took place within the city in 2014 that occurred over…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A suspect in the 1991 murder of a 34-year-old woman is dead, according to Seaside Police. Vicki Johnson’s body was found…
Continue ReadingMARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON NOV. 3 AT 3:19 PM: Marina Police said reevaluated DNA evidence has helped solve two 1979 cold case murders. Jurn…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) On Monday, the Kristin Smart murder trial resumed after being delayed for a few days due to an issue with a juror. Two…
Continue ReadingAnne Pham was five years-old when she was brutally murdered and sexually assaulted in 1982. Her murderer dumped her body near a ditch in Fort Ord…
Continue ReadingDoris Jean Forbes lost her life 41 years ago. Not much is known about her, other than she was well liked in Seaside at the time, according to…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) On December 29, 2014, around 10:30 p.m., Elizabeth “Liz” Baker was shot and killed while sitting in the front…
Continue ReadingRichard Coleman’s family continues to post an obituary annually for their brother in hopes of someone coming forward with a piece of information that…
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