A 14-year-old California boy killed 33 years in the past was murdered by a person who was gunned down by the FBI in 2007 whereas dwelling beneath a distinct identify in Ohio, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
{The teenager}, Raymond Ojeda, was shot to dying within the Foxdale Loop space of San Jose on Sept. 28, 1991, in line with the Santa Clara County District Lawyer’s Workplace.
His killer, Gerardo Aguilar, who was 15 years previous on the time, was recognized by police and a juvenile warrant was issued for his arrest however he “disappeared” earlier than he may very well be apprehended, officers stated.
Earlier this yr, the DA’s Chilly Case Unit recognized a person dwelling in Ohio beneath the identify Gerardo Mulato, a lifeless man, as a attainable match for Aguilar.
SCCDAO investigator John Cary, going off a “hunch,” did a background search and located that Aguilar’s sister’s final identify was Mulato.
He discovered images of a person “who appeared so much just like the suspect” and glided by the identify “Gerardo Mulato,” in Forest Park, outdoors of Cincinnati.
“DNA evaluation confirmed they had been the identical individual. Aguilar had been dwelling in Ohio beneath the (final) identify Mulato for a number of years,” the DA’s workplace wrote.
Aguilar’s felony exercise continued as soon as he fled California.
He was arrested beneath the identify Mulato in 2004 for assault with a baseball bat in Springfield, Ohio, officers stated.
In 2007, the FBI started investigating Aguilar for drug trafficking crimes.
Aguilar noticed the FBI putting in a monitoring machine on his automotive and, believing they had been automotive thieves, pulled a gun.
An agent fatally shot him. Aguilar was 33-years-old.
“It’s by no means too late to establish a killer,” District Lawyer Jeff Rosen stated in a press release.
“Individuals could neglect. However victims’ households and my workplace don’t.”
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