NEW BEDFORD — The killer of a 20-year-old Rhode Island man in New Bedford in 1991 has been identified by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Unit, closing the 32-year-old case.
The victim, Brent Davis, who was from Newport, R.I., was gunned down at the Brickenwood Housing Project in New Bedford on Oct. 25, 1991.
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s Cold Case Unit identified the killer as Claudio Jorge, according to a press release.
Jorge has also been confirmed as being deceased. He was killed in the Dominican Republic in 2006 while being robbed. He was 40 years old at the time of his killing.
As part of Quinn’s Cold Case Unit, Katherine Sullivan, a Massachusetts State Police Trooper assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office, began investigating the 1991 homicide of Brent Davis in the fall of 2020.
Suspect identified as ‘Bobby’
At the time of the 1991 homicide, witnesses to the shooting identified the suspect as an individual named “Bobby.”