Old Case: 1991 San Jose Murderer Identified Post-FBI Shootout in Ohio!
A man who was killed in a shootout with the FBI in Ohio in 2007 has been identified as the suspect in a San Jose murder from 1991. The suspect, Gerardo Aguilar, also known as Gerardo Mulato, was identified as the killer of 14-year-old Raymond Ojeda, according to an announcement by prosecutors on Wednesday.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen revealed that Aguilar, then just 15 years old, shot and killed Ojeda on September 28, 1991, in the Foxdale Loop area of East San Jose. Despite a warrant being issued for Aguilar, he managed to evade authorities for years.
The breakthrough in the case came earlier this year when the Cold Case unit started investigating a man named Gerardo Mulato, who was living in Forest Park, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Investigator John Cary noticed that the suspect’s sister had the last name Mulato and decided to investigate further. The Ohio resident’s resemblance to the suspect and subsequent DNA testing confirmed that Mulato and Aguilar were the same person.
Aguilar, who had been living under the name Mulato, was previously arrested in 2004 in Springfield, Ohio, for an alleged assault with a baseball bat. In 2007, he was killed during a confrontation with FBI agents who were investigating him for drug trafficking.
Believing the agents were car thieves after noticing them installing a tracking device on his car, Aguilar pulled out a gun. In the ensuing shootout, an FBI agent shot him.
Santa Clara County’s Cold Case Unit, which has been active since 2018, has successfully solved 20 homicides and 15 sexual assaults, according to Rosen.
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The identification of Aguilar as the suspect in Ojeda’s murder brings long-awaited closure to the case. It highlights the persistence of law enforcement in seeking justice, no matter how much time has passed.