The California Highway Patrol arrested 66-year-old James David Collier of Boulder Creek on Sunday in connection with a double homicide that the agency has been investigating for the past month.
Santa Cruz Mountains double homicide March 2025
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Men found dead in Santa Cruz Mountains were killed by gunshot wounds, officials say
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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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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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.