A Chula Vista attorney was arrested on suspicion of murder for a killing, in San Bernardino County, that remained unsolved for 20 years. Eric Francis Fagan, is accused of shooting and killing Cathy Paternoster and injuring Carl Fuerst as they approached a home in Spring Valley Lake with their children.
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department, Fagan allegedly killed Paternoster so that her mother, Fagan’s girlfriend, could obtain custody of Paternoster’s daughter. Initially, the attorney was a suspect, but police did not have sufficient evidence to make an arrest. In 2008, detectives reopened the case and conducted various interviews and served several search warrants. Although detectives did not immediately reveal what evidence they obtained to make the arrest, it was enough to place Mr. Fagan under arrest for the murder. He remains held without bail at a San Bernardino County jail.
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