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Douglas Gutridge 63, has been arrested a quarter century after he allegedly stabbed to death 35-year-old Carla Salazar at her home in Santa Ana, California
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Gutridge was first interviewed in the aftermath of the stabbing in 1989, but police didn't have enough evidence to charge him​
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63-year-old retired man in California has been charged with the 1989 stabbing death of a transgender woman at her home.
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say Douglas Gutridge, 37 at the time, killed 35-year-old Carla Salazar
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He spoke to detectives in the aftermath of the crime — and while DNA evidence linked him to the scene nearly six years ago, there wasn't enough evidence to file charges until a new cold case team stepped in.

'A case isn't just made on just forensic evidence,' said Chief Carlos Rojas,
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The motive for the killing is not clear, but investigators believe the pair had a brief, consensual relationship.

Salazar was killed on June 28, 1989, and had been seen in an elevator with a man earlier
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She was reported missing after missing work, and was found stabbed to death by a friend and her apartment manager
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Gutridge was arrested last week and is being held on $1 million bail.

He faces 25 years to life in prison
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One of Salazar's closest friends, Christine McFadden,she never thought they'd find a suspect, but learning an arrest had been made gave her hope.

'We gave up on the justice system but we never gave up on her
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Gutridge is expected back in court on January 2.
SOURCE
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cold-case-murder-arrest-santa-ana-20141218-story.html
 
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