After 44 years, a California cold case victim has been identified as a Las Vegas man.
On Feb. 2, 1980, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office was called to a property in Benicia, a city about 40 miles east of San Francisco, after a body was found in a creek bed.
At the time, investigators discovered that the man had died as a result of corrosive esophagitis, which happens from ingesting a chemical substance that is not meant for human consumption. However, they weren’t able to identify who the victim was…