Suspect in El Cajon cold case murders says confession was to look ‘tough’, not real

SAN DIEGO — More than 22 years after Patrick Greene and Greene’s 17-year-old nephew, Brandon Vigil, were found shot to death along a remote highway in unincorporated El Cajon, Greene and Vigil’s family listened to the man suspected of their murders state his innocence.

On May 12, Michael Romero Jr., 49, took the stand for the 22-year-old murders of Greene and Vigil.

During his testimony, Romero Jr. looked to convince jurors that the confession he gave to his close friend, who was secretly recording their conversation for the police, was all a lie…

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