{"id":42151,"date":"2021-02-19T15:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T23:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42151"},"modified":"2021-02-19T15:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T23:36:26","slug":"61-year-old-man-charged-with-1978-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42151","title":{"rendered":"61-Year-Old Man Charged with 1978 Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Los Angeles County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Prosecutors charged a 61-year-old man with murdering a man at an El Monte motel in 1978, officials announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/former-marketing-owner-admits-to-stealing-1-1-million-earmarked-for-political-campaigns-news-video\/courtroom\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14523\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Courtroom-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>\u201cFor more than 40 years, justice has eluded the victim\u2019s family for this brutal murder,\u201d District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n said. \u201cI commend the unwavering resolve and the tenacious work put in by sheriff\u2019s detectives and attorneys in the Cold Case Unit to bring some relief to those who have had to endure this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Anthony Davis, 61, was charged Thursday with one count of murder, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">On or about Jan. 7, 1978, the defendant is accused of fatally stabbing Rudolfo Chavez, 42, more than 40 times at the Spic and Span motel, officials stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">He was found the next day by a motel employee. DNA evidence found in a motel room tied Davis to the crime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County Prosecutors charged a 61-year-old man with murdering a man at an El Monte motel in 1978, officials announced Friday. \u201cFor more than 40 years, justice has eluded the victim\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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