OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) -- A man wanted in a cold Oregon homicide case was arrested Tuesday after he was found living under a false name in Oxnard, officials said.
The suspect, 45-year-old Fernando Cortez, was wanted in connection with a 1998 homicide which occurred in Salem, Oregon.
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Working with the FBI and Salem police, the Ventura County Violent Crimes Task Force found Cortez and arrested him around 7 a.m. in the area of the 1900 block of Ginger Street.
He was booked into the Ventura County Jail for second-degree murder.
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Officials say Cortez was living in Oxnard under the alias Moises Garibay.
KABC
Fernando Cortez, a suspect in a 1998 Oregon murder, was living in Oxnard under the alias Moises Garibay, officials said. (Oxnard PD)