San Diego Homicide Detective Angela Tsuida Named California Homicide Investigators Associations 2010 CHIA Investigator of the Year
Written by Kay Ochi
July 2010 - a year before Rebecca was murdered
[Excerpt from the article]
The San Diego Sheriffs Crime Lab determined that Schoeneman [the victim] was a DNA contributor to the blood found on the seat belt in the rental car.
An unknown persons DNA profile was obtained from the knife. Dunns [murder suspect 1] DNA profile was excluded.
Search warrants for pen registers/trap and traces on Dunn and Navarros [murder suspect 2] cell phones were initiated.
A DNA sample from Navarro was obtained without making him suspicious.
The Sheriffs Crime Lab matched the unknown DNA profile on the knife to Navarro. A wiretap was requested. No wiretap had ever been conducted from the East County Branch of the San Diego District Attorneys Office.
Law enforcement officers consisting of
San Diego Sheriffs deputies, DOJ/BII special agents, and NCIS special agents converged on Fresno to conduct the wiretap and surveillance operation. After this surveillance, Jeffrey Dunn and Robert Navarro were arrested and charged for Murder with Special Circumstances.
During this investigation, Detective Tsuida and her team authored and executed over 70 search warrants pertaining to phone records, internet accounts, bank records, residences, vehicles, along with pen registers and a wire tap affidavit.
Department of Justice supervisor, Tyler Burtis, stated,
Detective Tsuida was able to overcome logistical and political adversity in order to bring those responsible for the murder of Charles Schoeneman to justice. Dunn and Navarro are currently awaiting trial.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37126792/Borderline-July-2010