# Costa Mesa research expansion — October 16, 2026

Added 27 named victim records: 22 within October 15, 1996–October 15, 2026, plus five historical records. Two unnamed reports and two separately classified related records are excluded from the main total. Site total: 626 victim records across 24 location directories. California: 134 named records across three cities. Arizona remains unchanged at 492 records (including its existing unnamed entries).

This is not every homicide. Public-source searches do not substitute for a complete police case register. Every year remains unreconciled. A zero in the coverage CSV means no researched named record, not zero deaths. Dates and legal outcomes are historical snapshots; no current case status is asserted without a dated source. No coordinates have been invented.

## Included records and sources

### Yu Wang — 2025-10-13
Discovery / medical response date. October 14, 2025 report: homicide arrest; cause of death and subsequent charging outcome not established.
- MyNewsLA / City News Service: https://mynewsla.com/crime/2025/10/14/costa-mesa-police-arrest-man-in-motel-room-death-2/

### Monserrat Colorado — 2025-06-02
Incident date. June 2025: Oscar Saldivar arrested; later court disposition not verified.
- Orange County Tribune: https://orangecountytribune.com/2025/06/09/cm-man-held-for-hb-womans-murder/

### Julie Anne Sanetra — 2024-10-20
Incident date. October 2024: Daniel Allen Aldrich charged with murder; later disposition not verified.
- ABC7: https://abc7.com/post/costa-mesa-man-daniel-allen-aldrich-allegedly-strangled-girlfriend-slit-wrist-went-back-watching-tv-da-says/15483093/
- People: https://people.com/boyfriend-charged-murder-womans-body-found-trash-can-landscapers-hired-mow-lawn-8735860

### Lucas Rivera-Velasco — 2022-11-24
Incident date. May 9, 2023: first-degree murder conviction reported.
- New Santa Ana: https://newsantaana.com/santa-ana-man-convicted-for-fatally-shooting-a-man-who-clipped-his-trucks-mirror/

### Noel Bascon — 2020-12-06
Incident date. May 15, 2025: Richard David Lavalle convicted of second-degree murder.
- New Santa Ana: https://newsantaana.com/third-strike-offender-convicted-in-meth-fueled-dui-death-of-a-costa-mesa-boy/

### Ashley Boulay — 2018-02-28
Incident date. July 2021: Daniel Correa pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
- KFI / City News Service: https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2021-08-02-man-pleads-guilty-to-costa-mesa-park-killing/

### Austin Donal Robinson — 2018-02-12
Incident date. September 6, 2022: Jasper Bear Belknap pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter; 14-year sentence package.
- Patch / City News Service: https://patch.com/california/newportbeach/man-charged-fatal-stabbing-costa-mesa-sentenced-14-years

### Floriberto “Beto” Villasenor Cortes — 2015-05-30
Incident date. August 14, 2020: John Ramon Breceda sentenced to 35 years to life.
- MyNewsLA / City News Service: https://mynewsla.com/crime/2020/08/14/twice-convicted-killer-gets-35-to-life-in-prison-for-costa-mesa-murder/

### John Gerard Kubat — 2013-09-09
Discovery date. 2013: Christopher Ernest Leovy arrested on suspicion of murder; later disposition not verified.
- OC Weekly: https://www.ocweekly.com/orange-countys-10-most-murderous-murderers-or-suspects-of-2013-6475425/
- City of Costa Mesa: https://www.costamesaca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1096/2176?arch=1&npage=2&seldept=4

### Gary Allen Smola — 2012-08-04
Discovery date. 2014: reward and unsolved-case appeal reported; later resolution not verified.
- OC Weekly: https://www.ocweekly.com/?p=115468

### Christine Murray — 2012-07-08
Incident date. November 9, 2016: Thomas Michael Wilhelm convicted of first-degree murder.
- New Santa Ana — OCDA release: https://newsantaana.com/costa-mesa-man-convicted-of-killing-his-girlfriend-after-listening-to-a-guns-n-roses-song/

### Robert Sickles — 2011-01-01
Incident date. August 2, 2013: Adam Randy Baker sentenced to 18 years and eight months to life.
- New Santa Ana — OCDA release: https://newsantaana.com/dana-point-man-sentenced-for-killing-a-man-at-a-new-years-eve-party/

### Juri “Julie” Kibuishi — 2010-05-22
Incident date. September 23, 2016: Daniel Wozniak sentenced to death.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/fiance-of-man-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-2010-double-murder-of-neighbor-and-neighbors-friend-charged-as-accessory/
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/fiancee-of-death-row-inmate-sentenced-to-two-years-and-eight-months-in-jail-as-accessory-in-2010-double-murder/

### Javier Paz — 2008-01-26
Incident date. 2010: voluntary manslaughter plea; 16-year sentence.
- Daily Pilot: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2010-01-29-dpt-santana013010-story.html

### Israel Maciel — 2006-08-02
Incident date. 2008: Joshua Anthony Blount sentenced to life without parole.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/man-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-for-murdering-one-and-injuring-four-in-costa-mesa-drive-by-shooting-after-dispute-over-a-girl/

### Hermes Rodriguez-Raya — 2006-02-11
Incident date. July 2024: Pedro Gallegos-Garcia extradited from Mexico to face murder charges.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/fugitive-who-fled-to-mexico-after-shooting-man-to-death-at-costa-mesa-quinceanera-in-2006-extradited-back-to-the-u-s-to-face-murder-charges/

### Ferdinand Eugenio Zamudio-Saucedo — 2003-10-11
Incident date. July 8, 2026 report: Ismael Rosolio Martinez arrested in the 2003 murder case; no verdict established.
- MyNewsLA / City News Service: https://mynewsla.com/crime/2026/07/08/man-accused-in-2003-killing-in-costa-mesa-arrested-3/

### Ceceline Godsoe — 2001-09-21
Incident date. September 18, 2009: Victor Manuel Garcia sentenced to 25 years to life.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/former-fugitive-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life-for-2001-beating-murder-of-16-year-old-girl-in-dark-costa-mesa-park/

### Yuridia “Judy” Balbuena — 1999-05-29
Incident date. Later disposition not verified.
- Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-31-me-42831-story.html

### Brandon Wiener — 1999-05-03
Incident date. 2000: Steven Allen Abrams convicted and sentenced to life without parole.
- Wikipedia — linked historical reporting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa_school_car_attack

### Sierra Soto — 1999-05-03
Incident date. 2000: Steven Allen Abrams convicted and sentenced to life without parole.
- Wikipedia — linked historical reporting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Mesa_school_car_attack

### Sunny Adrienne Sudweeks — 1997-02-23
Discovery date. 2017: police identified a suspect; subsequent arrest or court disposition not verified.
- City of Costa Mesa: https://www.cityofcostamesanews.com/category/police/page/3/?date=2016-7-17&print=print-search

### Viet Nguyen — 1995-02-25
Incident date. April 10, 2012: four defendants convicted of murder and conspiracy.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/four-members-of-vietnamese-criminal-street-gang-convicted-of-1995-cold-case-execution-style-retaliatory-murder/

### Malinda Gibbons — 1988-07-18
Incident date. March 2012: Jason Balcom convicted; February 2013: jury recommended death penalty.
- Orange County District Attorney: https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/jury-recommends-death-penalty-for-man-linked-through-dna-to-1988-cold-case-sexual-assault-murder-of-young-pregnant-newlywed/

### Debra Senior — 1979-10-20
Reported attack night. June 5, 2017: California Supreme Court affirmed Gerald Parker’s judgment.
- California Supreme Court via Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2017/s076169.html

### Marolyn Carleton — 1979-09-14
Reported attack date. June 5, 2017: California Supreme Court affirmed Gerald Parker’s judgment.
- California Supreme Court via Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2017/s076169.html

### Kimberly Rawlins — 1979-04-01
Discovery date. June 5, 2017: California Supreme Court affirmed Gerald Parker’s judgment.
- California Supreme Court via Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2017/s076169.html

## Remaining work and exclusions

- Reconcile unnamed Sterling Alley (2023) and Placentia Avenue (2024) reports with identities and later court records. Separate CSV supplied.
- Check the infant associated with the 1999 Balbuena shooting against reliable identity and death records before adding a second named record.
- Continue research on the 2002 motel case reported under the name Sheldon and the 2010 fatal collision associated with Gustavo Vega; identity/date/classification still need confirmation.
- Locate a complete police case register, especially for years with no named records in this release. Official statistics: https://www.costamesaca.gov/government/departments-and-divisions/police/police-information/crime-statistics
- Alan Jay Schwalbe is an unincorporated-county case, listed separately. Derek Valentine is a self-defense dismissal, listed separately. Neither increases the main city count.
- Excluded geographic false matches: Samuel Herr (Los Alamitos); Aiden Leos (Orange freeway scene); Mike Kreza (Mission Viejo scene); Ryan Todd (Santa Ana); Wendi Miller and Darren Partch (Newport Beach).
- Yu Wang is labeled as a death under homicide investigation, with final cause and charging outcome not verified. Do not relabel the arrest as a conviction.
- Kimberly Rawlins uses April 1 discovery date from the court opinion rather than treating March 31 as a confirmed death date. Debra Senior follows the court spelling; Debora is a documented alternate.

## Packaging and deployment

Complete static website. Upload the contents of the ZIP at the hosting root, including assets, data, and all city folders. Root index.html is present. Existing assets and Arizona content remain byte-for-byte unchanged. Updated city page, unique metadata, canonical, structured data, internal links and sitemap are included. Search-engine indexing is not guaranteed.

The older THIRTY_YEAR_RESEARCH.md describes the previous Anaheim/Santa Ana review; the combined 30-year CSV/JSON now also includes Costa Mesa. The older orange-county-unnamed-reports files remain the seven-report Anaheim/Santa Ana snapshot; Costa Mesa has its own two-report download.