On the night of October 25, 2011, 34-year-old Juan Herrera and his 53-year-old mother, Raquel Estrada, were found brutally murdered inside the family home in Yorba Linda, California. Juan had been stabbed more than 60 times and left in a hallway; Raquel suffered over 30 stab wounds and was found in the kitchen. Blood evidence suggested Juan may have tried to flee before being dragged back inside.

Investigators initially arrested Juan’s younger brother, 24-year-old Eder Giovanni Herrera, charging him with two counts of murder and holding him on $2 million bail. That case against Eder relied on circumstantial items including a 911 call from a nearby payphone, surveillance footage of someone resembling him, and a witness who said they saw a person believed to be Eder dragging something into the house.

In early 2012 prosecutors dropped all charges against Eder after new DNA evidence and a confession linked 23-year-old Itzcoatl Izzy Ocampo to the killings. Ocampo, a former Marine who knew the Herrera family, admitted to killing both victims and forensic evidence, including DNA on his boots, tied him to the scene. Ocampo later died in jail in 2013 before facing trial for these murders. If anyone knew the Herrera family or saw activity around the Yorba Linda home on October 25, 2011, please share what you remember.