"That's one of the challenges in a cold case, but we're happy and eager to overcome those challenges and obtain justice for the victim's family," Santa Clara Co. Deputy District Attorney Michael Gilman said. "They were present here in court today and they just want justice."
"His DNA was collected as part of his arrest in that existing case. We had the CODIS hit, CODIS is the database for the DNA, then we went ahead and did a confirmation to confirm his DNA that we collected upon his arrest for his other case and confirmed it was a match."
Evidence obtained by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office suggests the two men knew each other. Ibarra's car was located a day before he was found dead - burned from the inside out on Peach Court, just 3 miles away from Ibarra's home.
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