WARSAW, Ind. (WISH) — A 71-year-old man from Syracuse, Indiana, was arrested for a cold case murder that occurred in San Diego, California, in 1975.

Investigators with Indiana State Police were contacted in 2024 by San Diego detectives and asked to assist with a 1975 murder case. Indiana investigators provided assistance over the next year. They were able to identify Johnnie Ray Salisbury, 71, of Syracuse, as the suspect.

Investigators from the San Diego Police Department flew to Indiana this week. Salisbury was taken into custody when an arrest warrant was served on Wednesday. The Syracuse Police Department assisted with this warrant service.

Salisbury was transported to the Kosciusko County Jail, ...