News brief: Suspect from 1986 Centralia fatal shooting to go before judge today

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The suspect arrested two weeks ago in connection with a 1986 shooting death in Centralia has been extradited from California and returned to Lewis County.

Carlos Vidal Gutierrez, 54, of Aromas, California, was picked up by U.S. Marshals on March 23.

He was wanted for murder in the case of 23-year-old Efren J. Triana of Rochester who was shot several times outside a tavern at the 100 block of West Main Street in Centralia early on Oct. 25, 1986, according to police.

Gutierrez was booked yesterday into the Lewis County Jail.

He is scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.

Aromas is in San Benito County in central California not far from the coast.
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Read “Breaking news: Suspect arrested in 1986 Centralia cold case murder” from Wednesday March 23, 2011, here

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