SAN DIEGO – A surprise release from jail was ordered for a 1994 murder suspect who was recently charged with killing a man in Pacific Beach.
Deputy District Attorney John Philpott had asked San Diego Superior Court Judge Frank Birchak for either no bail or bail set at $2 million for Jeff Scott Brandenburg, 50, who was arrested last week in Santa Cruz.
Brandenburg is accused of fatally stabbing Clive Bland in the 700 block of Tourmaline Street on Jan. 2, 1994. San Diego police said they had a break in the cold case due to evidence developed from “forensic investigative genetic genealogy.”…