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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Detail invites the public’s assistance in the following investigations. Click on the cases below for more information. Tips may be submitted in the following ways:
- Sheriff’s Homicide Detail - 858-285-6330 (during business hours)
- Sheriff’s Communications Center - 858-565-5200 (outside business hours)
- Crime Stoppers - 888-580-8477
- Online Tip Form (Crime Stoppers)
Samuel "Sammy" Ray Brooks
Homicide
- Date: 09/26/1992 (all day)
- Location: Hwy 78
Borrego Springs Rd, Yaqui Pass - Introduction: Synopsis: San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Detail continue to look for leads in the 1992 unsolved murder of 39-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Ray Brooks.
On September 26, 1992, a tourist reported finding a body near the road on Highway 78 in Borrego Springs. Deputies responded and were told the body was near a turnout between Borrego Springs Road and Yaqui Pass. When deputies arrived at the location they found the victim, Samuel “Sammy” Brooks, deceased. Sammy was last known to be a transient living in Oceanside. Cause of death was due to blunt force trauma injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to contact us in one of the following ways:
- Sheriff’s Homicide Detail - 858-285-6330 (during business hours)
- Sheriff’s Communications Center - 858-565-5200 (outside business hours)
- Crime Stoppers - 888-580-8477
- E-mail Homicide Detail
- Online Tip Form (Crime Stoppers)
