Christopher F. DePasquale, Cold Case # 81-5582
On Wednesday morning April 1, 1981, the body of Christopher F. DePasquale was found at his apartment located at 440 N. Winchester Blvd., Santa Clara — the old Plumtree Apartments.
DePasquale had been shot and was deceased. His body was found in the kitchen.
Based on available information it appears DePasquale was murdered sometime between Monday evening, March 30, 1981 and the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 1, 1981.
DePasquale had worked for AMD in Sunnyvale at the time of his death and was a graduate of Santa Clara University in 1978. DePasquale drove a 1971 blue Ford Galaxy.
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This picture of him doesn’t look like it matches the other photographs of him.
Unless his physical appearance changed from the photograph in his 1980 driver’s license it appears these are two separate people in the photos as shown here: https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/police-department/crime/christopher-depasquale Is it possible to learn what evidence there was collected at the time?
Surely there must have been some leads.