Crime & Safety

Soquel Homicide Suspect Named

Colin Tisdale is in custody on other charges.

A man pulled over for driving on a suspended license is also a suspect in the Soquel Hills fatal shooting of Aug. 16, KSBW is reporting. 

Colin Sean Tisdale was taken to jail on Aug. 16, the day of the homicide, when a deputy found 200 methodone pills in his car. 

The homicide in question is the . He was killed by a single gun shot in the driveway of his wife's mother's home on Nicasio Way. 

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Tisdale was in court Thursday morning on the methodone charge, and his bail was set at $250,000, according to KSBW.

According to MugShotsWorld.com, Tisdale is 49-years-old, five-feet-ten-inches and 180 pounds. 

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Stay tuned to Patch for further details from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. 


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