Ventura County Crime Blog: Unsolved Murders

Unsolved Murders

Posted by Charlene Davidson

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1979

1. Josefina Martinez, Santa Paula, 24

1980

2 & 3. Charlene, 33, & Lyman Smith, 43, Ventura Killed by Original Night Stalker

1981

4. Rachel Zendejas, Camarillo, 20

1987

5. Pedro Pachuca, Santa Paula, 34

1989

6. Florence Hackney, Fillmore, 90

1996
7 & 8. Jesus Silva Onofre, 22, & Manuel Encarnacion, Oxnard, 28 Durley Park Murders
9. Daniel Garcia Lara, Oxnard, 18
10. Antonio Rodriguez, Santa Paula, 27

1997
11. Jose Basilan, Oxnard, 24 *suspect has been sentenced*
12. Monica Lynne Leech, Thousand Oaks, 39
13. Jake Bush, Ventura, 16 (PDF)
14. Nick Dowey, Ojai, 21
15. Jennifer Ann McLaughlin, Ventura, 21
16. Gabriela Maldonado, Oxnard, 15

1998
17. Louie Fonseca, Santa Paula, 27
18. Genaro Jimenez, Oxnard, 17
19. Esther Sanborn, Camarillo, 76

1999
20. Joseph Michael Strickland, Ventura, 43
21. Raymond Sanchez, Oxnard, 22
22. Jesse Rivas, Oxnard, 28
23. Gilberto Avilas, Oxnard, 36

2000
24. David Wayne Dowden, Ventura, 36
25. Leobardo Lizarraga, Santa Paula, 41
26. Elizabeth Salas, Oxnard, 24
27. Artemio Vargas Martinez, Oxnard, 43
28. James Boyce, Oxnard, 42
29. Felipe Ramirez, Oxnard, 17
30. Raymond Caballero, Oxnard, 22
31. Ricardo Rangel, Oxnard, 57
32. Rogelio Torres, Santa Paula, 20
33. Froilan Encinas Torres, Santa Paula, 47

2001
34. Anthony Rodriguez, Oxnard, 30
35. Israel Mendez, Oxnard, 20
36. Gabriel Gil Flores, Santa Monica Mountains, 32
37. Ralph McLaughlin, Oxnard, 38
38. Saul Rojas, Oxnard, 24

2002
39. Isaac Hughes, Oxnard, 61
40. Salvador Perez Chavez, Santa Paula, 16
41. Joseph McMullen, Santa Paula, 29
42. Lucille Jefferson, Oxnard, 22
43. Javier Marquez, Oxnard, 15
44. Jose Pimentel, Ventura, 20
45. Emilio Fernandez, Oxnard, 28
46. Juan Manuel Ramirez Jr., Oxnard, 23
47. Steven Lemos, Oxnard, 24 *REWARD* $60,000
48. Steven Miinster, Oxnard, 15
49. Jose Jaime Quinones Arellano, Santa Paula, 27
50. Salvador Martinez, Oxnard, 27

2003
51. Jordan Daniel LeGrand, Thousand Oaks, 23
52. Ralph Lopez, Oxnard, 35
53. Gustavo Ramirez, Santa Paula, 21
54. Ignacio Henry Castro, Santa Paula, 23
55. Jesse Cardenas, Oxnard, 27
56. Rene Rodriguez, Fillmore, 27
57. Daniel Leon, Oxnard, 22
58. David Zuniga, Oxnard, 36, 29
59. Brian Brown, Oxnard, 28
60. Augustine David Medina, Oxnard, 19
61. Gilberto Gutierrez Hernandez, Oxnard, 19
62. Froylan Martinez, Oxnard, 16
63. James West, Ventura, 21
64. Jorge Ruiz Martinez, Oxnard, 36
65. Peter Nicholas Serrano, Fillmore, 21
66. Ricardo Veronica, Oxnard, 21

2004
67. Anthony Palomares, Oxnard, 45
68. Juan Carlos Martinez, Oxnard, 22
69. Anthony Roseby, Port Hueneme, 21
70. Richard Gonzalez, Port Hueneme, 19
71. Joshua Lee Chavez, Oxnard, 20
72. Oscar Manuel Villa Cortes, Oxnard, 27
73. Fernando Mosqueda, Oxnard, 17
74. Jeffrey James Haerterich, Oxnard, 34
75. Randy Lynn Garner, Frazier Park, 31
76. Daniel Hernandez, Oxnard, 28
77. Dennis Wood, Moorpark, 71
78. Jose Garcia Rivera, Oxnard, 27
79. Richard Palazuelos, Fillmore, 26
80. Rafael Arreguin, Santa Paula, 42
81. Oscar Rosendo Ponce, Oxnard, 33
82. Roland Espinosa, Oxnard, 20
83. Kristopher Reeves, Ventura, 15
84. Jose Asencion Perez, Oxnard, 18
85. Adrian Ernest James Burton, Oxnard, 33

2005
86. Ronnie Perez, Oxnard, 45
87. Damien Jamahl Valentine, Port Hueneme, 27
88. Ralph De La Cerda, Oxnard, 55
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90. James Kurges, Port Hueneme, 31
91. Simon Aristegui, Oxnard, 30
92. Gerardo Estrada Gomez, Oxnard, 52
93. Joaquin Castaneda, Oxnard, 48
94. Adam Villegas, Port Hueneme, 17
95. Elizabeth Castro Renteria, Oxnard, 22

2006
96. Oscar Gonzalez, Oxnard, 25
97. Clyde Blount, Saticoy, 46
98. Elisabeth Ayala, Oxnard, 50
99. Adrian Pulido, Oxnard, 19
100. Krystopher de Jon Jackson, Simi Valley, 17
101. Jesse Gutierrez Jr., Saticoy, 14
102. Alfred Romero Jr., Saticoy, 18
103. Gloria Altamirano-Guerra, Oxnard, 22
104. Octavio Lopez, Oxnard, 29
105. Walter Roldolfo Vela, Simi Valley, 24
106. Romulo Sanchez-Miguel, Oxnard, 33
107. Nicacio Ruiz-Valdez, Frazier Park, 29
108. Francisco Torres Gonzales, Port Hueneme, 59
109. Miguel Magana, Santa Paula, 21
110. Carlos Prado, Oxnard, 29

2007
111. Jose Erik Esqueda, Oxnard, 25
112. Albert Avalos, Fillmore, 23 *update* suspect has been caught
113. Christian Garcia, Oxnard, 18
114. Barry Franklin, 48
115. Sophear Riem, 20

2008
116. Jose Camacho, 22
117. Armando Sepulveda, 27
118. Jorge Zavala, 38
119. Richard Zarate, 28 killed in Anaheim, CA