(KRON) — An Oregon man was arrested final week in connection to a 1987 murder of a 6-year-old Vallejo little one, the Solano County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced.
Solano County DA investigators arrested the suspect, recognized as Fred Cain III, at his Central Level, Oregon, residence on Sept. 18 with the help of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace. Solano County DA officers mentioned advances in DNA expertise linked Cain to the loss of life of the kid.
In 1987, a 6-year-old little one was kidnapped close to his residence in Vallejo. The kid’s physique was recovered 4 days afterward Sherman Island in Sacramento County, the DA’s workplace mentioned. An post-mortem confirmed indicators that the kid was sexually assaulted.
That very same 12 months, a suspect was named within the case. Shawn Melton was charged with homicide and kidnapping after investigators mentioned he had information that solely the individual liable for the loss of life would know. The case would later be dismissed as a result of jury not reaching a verdict.
The Solano County DA’s workplace mentioned Friday that the identical DNA expertise that implicated Cain within the little one’s loss of life has exonerated Melton.
Cain will likely be transferred to Solano County to face expenses of homicide with particular allegations of kidnapping and sodomy, officers mentioned.
