Serial killer and Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate named a suspect in California cold case
Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate Thomas Eugene Creech, who has admitted to killing dozens of people and been convicted of five murders, was named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man nearly 50 years ago in California.
Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Eugene Creech, who has admitted to killing dozens of people and been convicted of five murders, was named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man nearly 50 years ago in California.
The victim, Daniel Walker, was killed near Needles, in eastern Bernardino County, on Oct. 1, 1974. Walker and a passenger were resting in his van on Interstate 40 when Walker "was awakened by an unknown suspect and was shot multiple times" before the suspect fled, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release on Wednesday.
The passenger escaped and flagged down a passing driver. Walker was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries, authorities said.
Thomas Eugene Creech.Idaho Dept. of CorrectionsThe sheriff's department investigated the murder at the time and exhausted all leads. Over the years, investigators revisited the case but were unable to develop any leads.
The attacker's identity went unknown for nearly five decades.
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