{"id":232116,"date":"2026-03-23T04:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232116\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:54:08","slug":"california-man-arrested-in-22-year-old-cold-case-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232116\/","title":{"rendered":"California man arrested in 22-year-old cold case murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect has been arrested over two decades after he allegedly fatally shot a man in California, according to authorities. <\/p>\n

Corey Sampson, 45, from Hesperia, was arrested on Thursday, roughly 22 years after allegedly gunning down Israel Rangel in Moreno Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Department. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mugshot Riverside County Sheriff\u0092s Department<\/p>\n

On the evening of Sept. 1, 2004, cops found Rangel, 29, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after arriving at the scene on Perris Boulevard, police said. <\/p>\n

Rangel was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, cops added. <\/p>\n

After an \u201cextensive investigation,\u201d investigators identified Sampson as a suspect in the murder, but insufficient evidence to press charges against him led the case to go cold, authorities added. <\/p>\n

Investigators recently reexamined the fatal shooting and followed up on \u201cseveral leads,\u201d prompting authorities to reopen the case. <\/p>\n

\"StreetInvestigators recently reexamined the fatal shooting and followed up on \u201cseveral leads\u201d that prompted authorities to decide to reopen the case. Google maps<\/p>\n

Sufficient evidence was developed to support Sampson\u2019s arrest before cops cuffed him with help from the Riverside County District Attorney\u2019s Gang Impact Team, cops said. <\/p>\n

The relationship between Sampson and Rangel, nor a motive in the shooting, is immediately clear. Police did not clarify what evidence led to a break in the case. <\/p>\n

Sampson was taken to Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility and booked on a murder charge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect has been arrested over two decades after he allegedly fatally shot a man in California, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,28105,4182,8947,15774,3586],"class_list":["post-232116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cold-cases","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}