"Fonseca was interviewed as part of the initial investigation, but there was nothing that led detectives to believe she was involved in the killing, Detective Pat Smyth said. Detectives instead focused on a dispute Jackson was having with his landlord. As you can imagine, in 1993 they did not have a lot of the things that we have available to us today to find leads no electronic footprint like we have these days, Smyth said. They relied heavily on witnesses, fingerprints, that sort of thing. DNA was in its infancy."
"In 2014, detectives received a call from someone who said they had information about Jackson's death. Smyth said Fonseca and Fox, who dated in 1993, were identified as his killers. Detectives, however, encountered what Smyth described as a roadblock and the case stalled once again. They just couldn't get around it, he said. Another tip identifying Fonseca and Fox as the suspects arrived in 2021, Smyth said, adding that he interviewed the tipster, who cooperated and told us everything they knew."
Two suspects, Veronica Fonseca and Anthony Fox, were arrested in connection with the June 17, 1993 shooting death of 30-year-old Zachary Jackson in an unincorporated part of Hayward. Jackson was found shot inside his home. Fonseca was the mother of Jackson's two children and was interviewed early in the investigation, but detectives initially focused on a landlord dispute and had limited leads. Investigative tools in 1993 lacked electronic footprints and DNA testing was in its infancy, causing the case to go cold. Tips in 2014 and 2021 identified Fonseca and Fox, and new evidence recently produced new leads that resulted in arrests.
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