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Source: San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.新蒲崗迷你倉Sept. 14--RIALTO -- When a 1998 cold homicide case landed on Rialto police Sgt. Paul Stella's desk in 2011, the suspected killers hadn't been identified and the victim's family had nearly given up hope.But Stella chased down leads, despite all the years between then and the stabbing death of Brandon Kelso in Lilac Park so long ago. Just a week later, he had good news for Kelso's family: He believed he knew and could prove who the suspected killers are."One had since died from an apparent overdose of drugs and the other was serving time for an unrelated crime and was due to be released within the year," Stella said. "I went to Soledad state prison where suspect Jose Jordan was incarcerated to tell him he was going to be arrested for his part in the 1998 murder. The look on his face spoke volumes."Kelso's mother and sister prepared themselves to be let down one more time."We kind of figured that nothing could be done," said Kelso's sister, Sarah Kelso, 30. "We were shocked when we got there and Sgt. Stella showed us an arrest warrant for the suspect."Kelso's mother, Pam Pinzon, was also elated."Sgt. Stella gave us hope when we didn't think there was any," Pinzon said.Stella's success motivated the Rialto Police Department to form a new cold case unit this year with two detectives focusing solely on unsolved homicides.It's been a success so far."A unit such as this gives us a chance to reactivate cases to find information that may have been missed or overlooked in order to hold the suspects responsible and accountable for their actions," police Captain Randy DeAnda said. "And to ensure the quality of life and closure for the victims' loved ones and family."Spearheading the cold case unit, Stella and another detective, Cpl. James Mills, have solved four unsolved homicides in the last three months and are in the middle of working on several other cases that have gone unsolved for years, including one of a slain young mother and another of a man killed in his home in front of his family on Christmas Eve 1980.The body of Rebecca Ann Simon was found dumped in a vacant field Nov. 4, 2002. She left her home the evening before to go to the grocery store.Police say it appears she was brutally beaten and murdered at another unknown location. She left behind a 2-year-old daughter anmini storage a loving family, who to this day remains heartbroken over her unsolved murder, Mills said."This case has left an indelible impression on many past and current detectives because of its brutality," Mills said. "She fell into a bad crowd and associated with drugs and a street gang in the last few years of her life."The Christmas Eve case occurred in 1980. Charles George Osberg, 44, was sitting in his home watching a Christmas special on television with his family when, without warning, a sniper's bullet tore through the home striking him in the neck. Osberg was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.Shortly before the homicide, witnesses inside the home watched a late 1970s model Cadillac drive past multiple times, police said.Osberg worked as a plant manager for CalPortland Cement Company in Colton, according to police records."The motive for his murder is unclear," Stella said.In the three years prior to Osberg's killing, there were cases of arson and non-fatal attacks directed at the plant's supervisory personnel, authorities said.The crimes were believed to have been committed by disgruntled employees because of decisions Osberg and other supervisors were making at the time.These crimes included an arson at Osberg's home, several arson caused fires at the cement plant's administration building and a shooting directed at the cement plant's foreman while investigating an arson at the facility's pump house police said.The plant superintendent and his 19-year-old daughter were also wounded from a shotgun blast after they were lured out of their house when their porch was set on fire, police said.CalPortland Company offered a $25,000 reward in 1980 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Osberg's slaying. They are still willing to honor that reward, according to police.Several calls to the CalPortland Company went unanswered.Police have no leads in these cases and are asking anyone with information about Rebecca's or Charles and other unsolved homicides in the City of Rialto to call Sgt. Paul Stella at 909-820-2632 or Cpl. James Mills at 909-421-4990.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) Visit the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) at .sbsun.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage