CA- Jeremy Stoner, 6, abducted, sexually assaulted/fatally stabbed, Sacramento, 21 Feb. 1987, DNA linked , Fred Cain III, 69, of Oregon, arrest '23,
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Was his case already a thread on here? I couldn't find one.
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Couldn't find one either. Maybe because LE were “100% certain” they had their killer so nothing to sleuth?
The actual one got away for too long but at least he's still alive.
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Yes, I am relieved for that poor guy that went to trial twice for this murder., YIKES.
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A man is being extradited to Solano County from Oregon after being arrested on suspicion of killing a 6-year-old in Vallejo. Jeremy Stoner went missing from his home Feb. 21, 1987, just shy of his 7th birthday. His body was found four days later on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
The suspect in 6-year-old Jeremy Stoner's death from 1987 is now a person of interest to Martinez police for their 1987 cold case of 9-year-old Eric Coy.
September 26, 2023
Suspect in 1987 killing of Vallejo boy named person of interest in Martinez child's murder
Fred Cain III, the suspect arrested last week for the 1987 murder and abduction of a 6-year-old boy in Vallejo, is now a person of interest in the murder of 9-year-old Eric Coy in Martinez. The killings happened just weeks apart.
Jeremy Stoner went missing from his home Feb. 21, 1987, just shy of his 7th birthday. His body was found four days later on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
Now, 36 years later, Fred Cain III is being charged with murder and special circumstances including kidnapping, sodomy and lewd acts on a child, according to Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams. He is 69-years-old and lives in Central Point, Oregon.''
''The killing in Martinez happened less than a month before the Stoner killing in 1987. The victim was 9-year-old Eric Coy.
The boy was killed after leaving to go to his cousin and best friends house in Martinez, California.
"The boy was brutally murdered after leaving his house, stabbed with a blunt object," said one ABC7 News report in 1987.''
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Cross-posting associated case..
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CA- Eric Coy, 9, last seen riding bike, found near footbridge with slit throat, Martinez, 24 January 1987
Sep 28, 2023 #abc7news #coldcase #children Fred Cain III, the suspect arrested last week for the 1987 murder and abduction of a 6-year-old boy in Vallejo, is now a person of interest in the murder of 9-year-old Eric Coy in Martinez. The killings happened just weeks apart...
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Brad Hunter
Published Oct 02, 2023
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''Cops said when they named Melton a suspect in 1987: “He appeared to have knowledge only the person responsible for the child’s death would know.”
Investigators were convinced that Melton was guilty after his psychologist said he had described sick fantasies about young boys. But Melton always proclaimed his innocence.
“If I had done it, I would own up to it. I would not waste the people’s time, the victim’s family’s time or the court’s time,” Melton had told the Sacramento Union.
“The only reason I fight this is because I know I’m innocent and I want the real person to come forward or be found.”
Published Oct 02, 2023
California cops ID boy's suspected cold-case killer, fear there are more alleged victims
Detectives, tech and time finally caught up with Fred Cain the third.
''Cops said when they named Melton a suspect in 1987: “He appeared to have knowledge only the person responsible for the child’s death would know.”
Investigators were convinced that Melton was guilty after his psychologist said he had described sick fantasies about young boys. But Melton always proclaimed his innocence.
“If I had done it, I would own up to it. I would not waste the people’s time, the victim’s family’s time or the court’s time,” Melton had told the Sacramento Union.
“The only reason I fight this is because I know I’m innocent and I want the real person to come forward or be found.”
Oh my gosh - so sad that they tried the wrong guy 2 times!!Brad Hunter
Published Oct 02, 2023
View attachment 451044California cops ID boy's suspected cold-case killer, fear there are more alleged victims
Detectives, tech and time finally caught up with Fred Cain the third.
''Cops said when they named Melton a suspect in 1987: “He appeared to have knowledge only the person responsible for the child’s death would know.”
Investigators were convinced that Melton was guilty after his psychologist said he had described sick fantasies about young boys. But Melton always proclaimed his innocence.
“If I had done it, I would own up to it. I would not waste the people’s time, the victim’s family’s time or the court’s time,” Melton had told the Sacramento Union.
“The only reason I fight this is because I know I’m innocent and I want the real person to come forward or be found.”
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Sep 26, 2023
A man is being extradited to Solano County from Oregon after being arrested on suspicion of killing a 6-year-old in Vallejo. Jeremy Stoner went missing from his home Feb. 21, 1987, just shy of his 7th birthday. His body was found four days later on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
Sep 30, 2023
The suspect in 6-year-old Jeremy Stoner's death from 1987 is now a person of interest to Martinez police for their 1987 cold case of 9-year-old Eric Coy.
September 26, 2023
'SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. — A man is being extradited to Solano County from Oregon after being arrested on suspicion of killing a 6-year-old in Vallejo.Suspect in 1987 killing of Vallejo boy named person of interest in Martinez child's murder
Fred Cain III, the suspect arrested last week for the 1987 murder and abduction of a 6-year-old boy in Vallejo, is now a person of interest in the murder of 9-year-old Eric Coy in Martinez. The killings happened just weeks apart.abc7news.com
Jeremy Stoner went missing from his home Feb. 21, 1987, just shy of his 7th birthday. His body was found four days later on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
Now, 36 years later, Fred Cain III is being charged with murder and special circumstances including kidnapping, sodomy and lewd acts on a child, according to Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams. He is 69-years-old and lives in Central Point, Oregon.''
''The killing in Martinez happened less than a month before the Stoner killing in 1987. The victim was 9-year-old Eric Coy.
The boy was killed after leaving to go to his cousin and best friends house in Martinez, California.
"The boy was brutally murdered after leaving his house, stabbed with a blunt object," said one ABC7 News report in 1987.''
they don't seem to detail how he killed Jeremy. I was wondering if it was similar to how Eric was murdered.
