Overview
- Authorities identify the victim as Jeffrey Stephen Smith, who was found with a gunshot wound at a Nicasio Way home on Aug. 16, 2012 and died at the scene.
- Sheriff’s officials say detectives recently obtained a warrant charging Tisdale with murder, describing the arrest as the culmination of the long-running case.
- Tisdale, 63, was already in the Santa Cruz County Jail on gun and drug charges and is being held without bail.
- KSBW reports Smith named Tisdale to his wife as he lay dying, though investigators say further evidence was required before making an arrest.
- Tisdale is scheduled to be arraigned on the homicide charge Wednesday morning, according to KSBW.