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Palo Alto cold case: Video released in Maria Hsiao homicide investigation
By Jason Green Daily News Staff Writer
Posted: 02/06/2015 01:49:47 PM PST
The Palo Alto Police Department is counting on the power of social media to provide the spark needed to solve a 13½-year-old cold case homicide.
On Friday, authorities released a video calling for anyone with information about the killing of Maria Ann Hsiao, 21, of San Leandro, to come forward. Hsiao was shot once in the head while standing outside the now-defunct Q-Café, located at 529 Alma St., just after midnight on June 10, 2001.
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The police department posted the video to its website, www.cityofpaloalto.org/police, as well as on its various social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Perron said he is hopeful it will reach someone with the information needed to crack the case.
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A $100,000 reward is still being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Maria Hsiao's killer, Perron said at the press conference.
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Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org,, sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984, or submitted through the Palo Alto Police Department's free mobile app, which can be downloaded at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. Tipsters may also call the detective bureau during business hours at 650-329-2597.
Email Jason Green at jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; follow him at twitter.com/jgreendailynews.
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By Jason Green Daily News Staff Writer
Posted: 02/06/2015 01:49:47 PM PST
The Palo Alto Police Department is counting on the power of social media to provide the spark needed to solve a 13½-year-old cold case homicide.
On Friday, authorities released a video calling for anyone with information about the killing of Maria Ann Hsiao, 21, of San Leandro, to come forward. Hsiao was shot once in the head while standing outside the now-defunct Q-Café, located at 529 Alma St., just after midnight on June 10, 2001.
[...]
The police department posted the video to its website, www.cityofpaloalto.org/police, as well as on its various social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Perron said he is hopeful it will reach someone with the information needed to crack the case.
[...]
A $100,000 reward is still being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Maria Hsiao's killer, Perron said at the press conference.
[...]
Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org,, sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984, or submitted through the Palo Alto Police Department's free mobile app, which can be downloaded at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. Tipsters may also call the detective bureau during business hours at 650-329-2597.
Email Jason Green at jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; follow him at twitter.com/jgreendailynews.
much more at the link