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Jorge Munoz, 23, was one of five people shot execution-style at Pato’s Place bar on West Prosperity Avenue in Tulare, California, on July 18, 1995. Victims Roberta Nunez, Celia Martinez, Armando Lugo and Margaret Moreno were killed alongside Munoz; the bar owner, Guadalupe Cantu, was shot twice and survived by pretending to be dead. The motive reported was robbery.

The investigation dragged on for years before a break when Anthony Wolfe, arrested on unrelated counterfeiting charges in February 1997, cooperated and identified suspects. That led to the April 1999 arrests of Timothy Young and Donald Young; Wolfe and the Youngs were charged with the murders and the attempted murder of Cantu. The Young brothers were indicted in May 2002 on five counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and special allegations including multiple murders, robbery and firearm use.

The trial opened in September 2005. Witnesses including Cantu and Wolfe testified for the prosecution. On December 20, 2005, a jury found Timothy and Donald Young guilty on all counts; the penalty phase began in January 2006 and the jury sentenced both to death. Does anyone have memories of Pato’s Place or information about Jorge Munoz they can share?