Cold Cases in San Diego, California
ColdCaseIndex documents 5 cases in San Diego, California, dated 1986 to 2020. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Cara Knott (1986) and the most recent is Jaylen Fleer (2020).
- Solved or convicted 4 (80%)
- Closed without conviction 1 (20%)
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Jaylen Fleer
San Diego County sheriff's deputy Jaylen Fleer, 27, was arrested in 2020 after Crime Stoppers tips about a man engaging in sex acts with a minor led investigators to him and to four underage victims.
Danielle van Dam
Seven-year-old Danielle van Dam was abducted from her Sabre Springs home on the night of February 1-2, 2002, and murdered by neighbor David Westerfield.
Jahi Marques Turner
Two-year-old Jahi Turner was reported missing from a San Diego park by his stepfather in April 2002 and was never found. The stepfather was charged with murder in 2016, but his 2018 trial ended in a mistrial and the charge was…
Dan & Linda Broderick
Attorney Daniel T. Broderick III, 44, and his wife Linda Kolkena Broderick, 28, were shot in their bed at their San Diego home on November 5, 1989, by his former wife, Betty Broderick.
Cara Knott
Cara Knott, a 20-year-old San Diego State University student, was strangled and thrown into a ravine in December 1986 after being pulled over on an isolated Interstate 15 offramp.