Overview
- Chula Vista police say an October 22 arrest warrant charging Steven Cleveland with murder and auto theft has been served, and the San Diego County District Attorney has filed related counts.
- Cleveland, 43, remains held at Tri-County Regional Jail in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on unrelated charges with a San Diego County hold pending extradition.
- Investigators report the killings occurred on January 29, with Abdul Hasan, 57, stabbed first, followed by Paz Gojar, 71.
- Police discovered Hasan and Gojar dead on February 21 after a neighbor requested a welfare check, and autopsies determined both victims had been fatally stabbed.
- Detectives say Cleveland fled to Kentucky shortly after the killings and was arrested April 3 in Knoxville, Tennessee on an unrelated warrant before being transferred to Ohio.