Authorities arrested two people in the 1993 cold case murder of a 30-year-old father in Alameda County, identifying them as the mother of his two children and her former boyfriend.

Zachary Jackson, a Modesto native, was found shot to death inside his home in unincorporated Hayward on June 17, 1993, by relatives who discovered his body after not hearing from him for several days. At a press conference on Monday in Dublin, Alameda County Sheriff's Detective Pat Smyth said the case was initially investigated as a possible dispute between Jackson and his landlord. It was also discovered that Jackson had two children - a 4-year-old girl who was in his custody, and a 1-year-old in the mother's custody - identified as Veronica Fonseca.

Zachary Jackson Alameda County Sheriff's Office

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