Man suspected in 1994 San Diego cold case homicide arrested in Santa Cruz, police say

More than three decades after a man was found fatally stabbed near a San Diego beach, authorities said a suspect has been arrested on California’s Central Coast.

According to San Diego police, Clive Bland was found fatally stabbed on Jan. 2, 1994 near Tourmaline Surf Park in the city’s Pacific Beach neighborhood. The investigation into Bland’s death led police to a related crime scene on the beach.

The case eventually went cold, despite what police said was “exhaustive investigative efforts” and multiple cold case investigations over the years. Police said a suspect was identified with the help of Forensic Investigative Genealogy and other advanced forensic techniques…

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