{"id":140778,"date":"2026-01-20T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:00:07","slug":"four-arrested-in-2004-murder-outside-chula-vista-pizzeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140778\/","title":{"rendered":"Four arrested in 2004 murder outside Chula Vista pizzeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cuffs-e1505443622467.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cuffs.jpg\" alt=\"cuffs, handcuffs, arrest, custody\" class=\"wp-image-18429\"\/><\/a>A pair of handcuffs. (File photo courtesy Alexander Nguyen)<\/p>\n<p>Four men accused in the stabbing death of a man outside a Chula Vista restaurant more than 20 years ago have been arrested, it was announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are accused in the March 20, 2004, killing of 22-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chulavistaca.gov\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/445\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Cunningham<\/a>, who was sitting on the patio of La Bella\u2019s Pizza Garden when he was attacked by a group of men who beat him with a variety of weapons, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdcda.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, one of the suspects stabbed Cunningham and the attackers fled in two vehicles, according to the DA\u2019s Office. Cunningham died later at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants \u2014 Jose Roque-Garcia, 50; Carlos Herrera, 42; Marco Herrera, 41; and Franco Dominguez, 43 \u2014 are due to appear in a downtown San Diego courtroom on Tuesday morning to be arraigned in the case.<\/p>\n<p>County jail records indicate Roque-Garcia has been in custody since December and is also facing a separate murder case out of South Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The other three men were booked into jail last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not disclose what led investigators to identify the men as suspects in the killing.<\/p>\n<p>All four are being held without bail.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the District Attorney\u2019s Office and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chulavistaca.gov\/departments\/police-department\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chula Vista Police Department<\/a> called on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/crime\/2025\/01\/09\/cold-case-who-stabbed-beat-ryan-cunningham-in-chula-vista-in-2004\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the public for information<\/a> leading to the identification of Cunningham\u2019s attackers. The DA\u2019s Office indicated several private parties, including a baby shower, were being held at the restaurant and said the murder was witnessed by multiple employees and customers.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of handcuffs. 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