South County Major Crimes Unit provides info on unsolved cases .

GREENFIELD, Calif. - Law enforcement agencies on Monday morning, May 21 in the Greenfield City Hall Chambers addressed the media and other members of the public about new information involving homicide cases in South Monterey County.

Greenfield Police Chief Denise Oglesby, and King City Police Chief Robert Masterson, put on a news conference to provide an update to the public on the following Major Crimes Unit Investigations involving,

a 2006 King City Homicide of 21-year-old Jose Cruz Rojas,
a 2007 Greenfield Homicide of 42-year-old Martin Macareno
and a 2018 Greenfield Homicide of 16-year-old Luis Cuevas.

16-year-old Luis Cuevas was shot and killed on the 1000 block of Oak Street on January 4, 2018. When officers arrived, they found him on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities said Cuevas was approached by multiple suspects.

A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects in this case.

On July 5, 2007 the Greenfield Police Department responded to a report of a man yelling for help in an alley on the 200 block of Cedar Drive. When officers arrived, they noticed a side gate open leading into the backyard of a home. Officers looked through a side window and saw 42-year-old Martin Macareno lying on the garage floor. Macareno was severely injured and died at the scene.

On February 23, 2006, 21-year-old Jose Cruz Rojas was fatally stabbed at a gathering at an apartment complex on 124 South San Lorenzo Avenue in King City.

The suspect was identified by witnesses as Noel Palaez Valentin. Authorities said after the stabbing Valentin took off to Southern California.

A warrant has been issued for Valentin's arrest with a $1,000,000.

If anyone has information on these crimes, call 385-8311 or the WeTIP line at 1-800-78-27463 (CRIME).

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