On Tuesday, the Stockton Police Department announced a reward of $125,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest of a potential serial killer–with seven cases now linked.
Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden explained the killer is looking for an “opportunity” and that all of the killings have been of men alone in the dark.
“I first want to address the comments of Stockton having a serial killer. That is what has been messaged and that is the big question keep being asked. By definition, these shootings are a series of killings we do believe we could have a potential serial killer,” said McFadden. “That is how we are going to treat this and such. At this time we don’t know if it’s a person or persons. We have no evidence that connects a person or persons to any of these incidents.”
McFadden said he hoped more information would come forward.
The “person of interest” was shown in a video and McFadden urged people to “notice how upright this person’s posture is. This person’s posture is extremely upright”.
Although the video was released, McFadden released the video regarding the “person of interest” but stated they have no evidence connecting this person at this time and they wanted to speak with this person.
McFadden confirmed 7 cases are linked and the average age of the victim is 42, sex of the male are mostly male and races are mostly Hispanic.
He also confirmed that one of the cases linked occurred in the City of Oakland and that they were working with the Oakland Police Department.
Another development was they interviewed the only surviving victim which she heard someone walking around her camp site, when she came out of her tent she encountered someone pointing a gun at her, multiple shots fired at her. She provided a description who was described as a 5’10 and 6’’ wearing all dark clothing, dark COVID style mask and dark jacket. No words were mentioned.
Based on our investigation and the reports we are receiving, we believe the following homicide cases are related:
- April 10, 2021 shooting death of a 40-year-old Hispanic man in Oakland, California. Time of occurrence was 4:18 am.
- April 16, 2021 shooting of a 46-year-old black woman at Park Street and Union Street in Stockton. The woman survived her injuries. Time of occurrence was 3:20 am.
- July 8, 2022, shooting death of a 35-year-old white man that occurred in the 5600 block of Kermit Lane. The time of occurrence was 12:31 am.
- August 11, 2022, shooting death of a 43-year-old Hispanic man that occurred in the 4900 block of West Lane. The time of occurrence was 9:49pm.
- August 30, 2022, shooting death of a 21-year-old Hispanic man in the 800 block E. Hammer Lane. The time of occurrence was 6:41 am.
- September 21, 2022, shooting death of a 52-year-old Hispanic man in the 4400 block of Manchester Avenue. The time of occurrence was 4:27 am.
- September 27, 2022, shooting death of a 54-year-old Hispanic man in the 900 block of Porter Avenue. The time of occurrence was 1:53 am.
Police said these homicides occurred in the evening or early morning hours and our victims were alone.
A tip line for anyone with information regarding this investigation has been opened. The number is 209-937-8167. You can also email your information to [email protected].
Please submit any video surveillance to stocktonpdca.evidence.com/axon/citizen/public/tips2022 or scan the QR code and like always anonymous information can be submitted to Stockton Crime Stoppers at 209-946-0600 or stocktoncrimestoppers.org
