Post by HeadMarshal on Apr 20, 2016 6:14:40 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: sandiego.gov)
Synopsis: Nicholas "Nico" Llamas Sandoval (1-29-40) is wanted for the murder of Ambrose Soniga that occurred on September 19, 1976. There is an outstanding felony warrant charging Sandoval with 187(a) P.C. (Murder).
Nicholas Sandoval was described at the time of the crime as being a Hispanic male, 5'6" tall and 135 lbs with black hair and brown eyes. He also used the names: Antonio Macias Rodriguez, Rudy Castillo and Nicholas Sandoval Llamas, and also used 1-22-43 as a date of birth. Sandoval had the following tattoos at the time of the crime: (1.) Girl sitting in long stem champagne glass on his right upper back; 2) Letters "N" "L" "L" "S" on his upper left arm; 3) "Nico" on his left upper breast; 4 ) A clover leaf on his left inner forearm; 5) A nude and a snake and the name "Lilly" on his right upper arm, and 6) A shooting star on his right forearm.
The murder for which Sandoval is charged occurred in the alley behind 300 University Place in Hillcrest.
The victim, Ambrose Soniga, was with a group of friends, one of whom, a young lady, invited the group back to her home. When the group walked in to the house, the young lady's estranged boyfriend, Nicolas Sandoval, was sitting on the couch cradling a 20-gauge shotgun in his lap. Words were exchanged, at which point the group of friends left the house. Sandoval followed Soniga out to his car parked in the alley and shot Soniga in the chest. While Soniga laid on the ground dying, Sandoval pummeled Soniga's head with the butt of the shotgun. Sandoval then fled on foot leaving the shotgun at the scene.
The suspect Nico Sandoval has a history of arrests in San Diego and has served time in numerous correctional institutes. At the time of the crime he had a wife and children in Tijuana, Mexico.
Please forward information regarding this subject to Detective M. Gasca at 619.531.2458 or
via email at mgasca@pd.sandiego.gov.
www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/police/pdf/coldcase/NicolasLlamasSandovalBulletinEng.pdf
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Thoughts? Nico Sandoval is one of the oldest listed fugitives on the San Diego cold cases website. After 40 years on the run, Nico may not be still alive at 76-years old but this case still needs to resolved. Ambrose Soniga was simply leaving the house when Nico murdered him and made sure that he was going to die. I doubt he stayed across the border in Tijuana for several decades since San Diego media coverage on the case would reach across the border in Tijuana.
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