IDYLLWILD, Calif. (KESQ) – A 43-year-old man from San Mateo is behind bars today on suspicion of killing an 18-year-old man whose body was found near a hiking trail in Idyllwild over 21 years ago, authorities said.
Deputies responded to a report made by a hiker who discovered human remains in the hills near Southfork Trail and Highway 74 in Idyllwild at 2:20 p.m. on March 21, 2004, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Upon arrival, deputies found the victim, who showed obvious signs of trauma. He was later identified as 18-year-old Reynaldo Burts of Hemet.
After several years, investigators identified the 43-year-old man as a person of interest, but still did not have sufficient evidence at the time to make an arrest, and the case went cold, the sheriff’s department announced…