California Boy’s 33-Year-Old Murder Solved: Killer Gunned Down by FBI
Authorities revealed on Tuesday that a 14-year-old California boy, Raymond Ojeda, who was killed 33 years ago, was murdered by a man identified as Gerardo Aguilar. Aguilar was gunned down by the FBI in 2007 while living under a different name in Ohio.
Ojeda was shot to death in the Foxdale Loop area of San Jose on Sept. 28, 1991, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
At the time of the murder, Aguilar, who was 15 years old, was identified by police, and a juvenile warrant was issued for his arrest. However, he disappeared before he could be apprehended, officials said.
Earlier this year, the DA’s Cold Case Unit identified a man living in Ohio under the name Gerardo Mulato as a potential match for Aguilar.
SCCDAO investigator John Cary, following a hunch, discovered that Aguilar’s sister’s last name was Mulato. He found a man who resembled the suspect and went by the name Gerardo Mulato in Forest Park, outside of Cincinnati.
DNA analysis confirmed that Aguilar and Mulato were the same person. Aguilar had been living in Ohio under the name Mulato for several years.
Aguilar continued his criminal activities after fleeing California. He was arrested under the name Mulato in 2004 for assault with a baseball bat in Springfield, Ohio.
In 2007, the FBI began investigating Aguilar for drug trafficking crimes. During an encounter with the FBI, Aguilar pulled a gun on agents installing a tracking device on his car, resulting in an agent fatally shooting him. Aguilar was 33 years old at the time of his death.
“It’s never too late to identify a killer,” said District Attorney Jeff Rosen in a statement. “People may forget. But victims’ families and my office do not.”
