Shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, officers arrested Jacobo Ruelas, a suspect in the nearly nine-year-old slaying of Kristopher Olinger, a 17-year-old who was beaten and stabbed to death on the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail in 1997.
After a three-hour search near Bradley, a small town in south Monterey County, a SWAT team made up of sheriff’s deputies, six Pacific Grove police officers, California Highway Patrol and state parks’ officers arrested Ruelas, of Soledad, on a $3 million arrest warrant issued Friday in connection with the murder.
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Olinger Murder Suspect Named
After eight and a half years of investigating, Pacific Grove police have issued an arrest warrant for a Soledad man for the murder of Kristopher Olinger, a 17-year-old who was stabbed and beaten to death along the Recreation Trail in Pacific Grove.
Police said a “hit” in a new palm-print identification database led them to Jacobo Ruelas, 27, who was named as a “key suspect” in the case Friday. After eluding arrest earlier this week, Ruelas is wanted on a $3 million warrant.
Governor Sets Reward In Search For Kris Olinger’s Killers
Kristopher Olinger
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the issuance of a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the brutal murder of Kristopher Olinger. Olinger was a 17 year old Monterey high school student who was stabbed to death at a beach in Pacific Grove on the night of September 18, 1997.
Kris had borrowed his mother’s car, a silver 1986 Honda Accord, saying that he wanted to take some night pictures. He visited some friends in Monterey and left a little before midnight. At 6 am the following day, his body was found in a beachfront parking area in Pacific Grove. He had been stabbed over 30 times. His mother’s car was missing, along with his wallet, camera, watch, and ring. Ten days later, the car was found on Willow Glen Way in San Jose. Kris’ murder remains unsolved.
A memorial bench is at the crime scene.
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