11:11am | A 33-year old man has been extradited back to Long Beach to face trial for the 2001 murder of a Long Beach couple and the 2002 murder of a 32-year old man. The cases, once thought closed, were re-opened due to the availability of new DNA technology.

A break for the murders came in October 2010, when Juan Pablo Camacho was confirmed as a match for DNA evidence left at the scene of the 2001 murders. Long Beach Police learned that Camacho, a documented gang member, was currently in federal custody in New York on weapons and illegal entry charges and would be deported to Mexico pending release. Officers flew to New York on December 29 to arrest Camacho and bring him back to Long Beach.

Camacho has been connected to the shooting deaths of 30-year old Richard Murillo and 33-year old Carrie Waltier, a boyfriend and girlfriend couple. Murillo was found shot to death in a Rose Avenue alley on October 14, 2001 while Waltier was found in the city of South Gate around 8:45pm that night. Police determined that the murders were related but found no leads and the case went cold.

When Camacho popped up as a match for DNA for both murders, officers also connected him to the 2002 murder of Richard Graves, shot to death in the 300 block of East Esther Street on May 19.

Camacho is being held without bail in the Los Angeles County Jail on three counts of murder.

Anyone with any information about the Richard Murillo or Richard Graves case is urged to contact Long Beach Police Homicide Detective Bryan McMahon at (562) 570-7244, or to leave an anonymous tip via phone, text or email, please visit www.longbeach.gov/police.

Anyone with information regarding the Carrie Waltier case is asked to conatct Sheriff’s Cold Case Homicide Detective Domenick Recchia at (323) 890-5500. Anonymous tips may be called in to “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), or by texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or via the website, http://lacrimestoppers.org.