OC Sheriff Uses New Forensic Tools to Revive 1993 Fatal Stabbing Investigation

The Orange County Sheriff's Department; Yorba Linda, begin the use of body cameras on Oct. 4, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County sheriff’s investigators are using new forensic tools to revive a 1993 cold case fatal stabbing investigation in Costa Mesa, authorities said Thursday.

Investigators are hoping the new analysis of evidence will turn up leads in the Aug. 11, 1993, stabbing of 61-year-old Alan Jay Schwalbe. Deputies found the victim’s body in the 300 block of 22nd Street in an unincorporated area of Costa Mesa.