The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office officially released the manner of death for the two men found dead in a truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains in late March and confirmed their identities. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the case.
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19-year-old motorcyclist killed in Highway 1 crash
A teenage motorcyclist from Milpitas was killed Saturday after a collision on southbound Highway 1 near Laguna Road. The crash closed Highway 1 in both directions for several hours.
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Aptos man arrested on several sex charges was involved in youth programs, church groups
A 67-year-old Aptos man arrested on multiple counts of sexual battery in late March was involved with several local youth programs, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.
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Sheriff’s office identifies suspect responsible for 1976 cold case murder
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that it has identified the suspect responsible for the 1976 murder of 25-year-old Karen Percifield, nearly 50 years after her body was discovered near Aptos Village Park. DNA and other testing confirmed that Richard Sommerhalder, deemed a person of interest at the time, was responsible.
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Capitola man arrested, charged with robbing a minor at knifepoint
The Capitola Police Department arrested a 21-year-old male last Friday on multiple charges stemming from a fight involving a knife two days earlier.
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Second victim in Santa Cruz Mountains double homicide identified by family, friends
Friends and family identified the second body found in a pickup truck near Castle Rock State Park as Colter White, 54, of Boulder Creek. Relatives previously identified 45-year-old Sean Pfeffer, also of Boulder Creek, as one of two victims found in the truck March 24. Investigators are treating the deaths as a double homicide. Pfeffer’s sister told Lookout the two men were “best friends.”
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CHP investigating bodies found in truck in Santa Cruz Mountains as a double homicide
The incident involving two bodies found in a truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this week is now being investigated as a double homicide, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Man threatens beachgoing family and dog with hammer in Capitola Village
The Capitola Police Department detailed an incident Wednesday in which a seemingly intoxicated man threatened a family in Capitola Village, with the man attempting to steal the family’s dog before he was arrested on multiple charges.
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Teens arrested in Watsonville shopping center shooting
Watsonville police say they arrested two teenagers in connection with a September shooting at a shopping center.
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Two bodies found in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CHP investigating
Investigators are probing the suspicious death of two people whose bodies were found in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Castle Rock State Park this week.