{"id":305438,"date":"2026-05-08T04:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305438\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T04:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:33:13","slug":"newsom-offers-50k-rewards-for-tips-in-california-cold-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305438\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom offers $50K rewards for tips in California cold cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gov. Gavin Newsom makes a point at the opening of the San Quentin Learning Center on Friday, Feb. 20. Newsom in April announced $50,000 awards for information\u00a0leading to arrests in convictions in several California cold cases, including a Sacramento homicide from 2015.<\/p>\n

JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS<\/p>\n

jvillegas@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom last month announced $50,000 rewards<\/a> to encourage people to provide information that leads to an arrest and a conviction in several California cold cases that remain unsolved, including a 2015 Sacramento homicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery family deserves answers and justice,\u201d Newsom said in a news release. \u201cThese rewards send a message that every case matters, every victim matters, and that we are all working toward increased accountability. If you know something, it is your duty to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December, the Governor\u2019s Office announced a $50,000 reward payment to three people who provided information led to the arrest and 2025 conviction of Marvin Markle for the 1982 murder of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson in Vacaville.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the list of 27 cold cases in California, the Governor\u2019s Office is offering a $50,000 reward in the shooting death of 20-year-old Anthony E. Barajas, 20, of Sacramento<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barajas was struck by gunfire from another vehicle while he was in his gold Toyota Tacoma pickup in the parking lot of a Home Depot store in the 1400 block of Meadowview Road in south Sacramento. He suffered a gunshot to the chest and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators ask anyone with information about the fatal shooting to call the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-0650.<\/p>\n

Two Butte County homicides are listed among the cold cases with $50,000 rewards from the Governor\u2019s Office. Marc Thompson, 25, was killed Sept. 3, 2014, in a shooting while he was parked in a remote, wooded location within the county. Tyler Dickson, 20, was shot to death while sleeping in a tent at a campsite. Investigators in both those homicide cases asked anyone with information to call Sgt. Patrick McNelis or Sgt. Tristan Harper of the Butte County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 530-538-7671.<\/p>\n

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The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Rosalio Ahumada writes breaking news stories related to crime and public safety for The Sacramento Bee. He speaks Spanish fluently and has worked as a news reporter in the Central Valley since 2004.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Gavin Newsom makes a point at the opening of the San Quentin Learning Center on Friday, Feb.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-305438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305438","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=305438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}