Lodi police seek public’s help in solving three cold case killings

LODI, Calif. — Three unsolved killings in Lodi are back in the spotlight as police ask for the public’s help.

Detectives say they’re still working to identify suspects in three cold cases — the 1967 killing of Stephen Smokinski near railroad tracks north of Locust Street, the 2006 shooting death of Gary Lee Patterson on West Lockeford Street, and the 2015 shooting of Joseph Mandolph in a car on Victor Road…

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