They hope that with brand new technology and the passing of time they can finally solve these homicides.
22-year-old Hugo Vazquez was driving home from a late shift at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center back in 1995 -- when police say he was randomly shot and killed.
With no witnesses police were baffled as to how to solve the crime. Cold case Detectives Ernie Garay and John Benas hope a British man -- Dr. John Bond from the University of Leicester in England can help them.
Detective Benas said, "As we discover new technologies new ways of processing evidence we're quick to jump on that to process that."
Benas and Garay have mailed shell casings from the murder scene to England to be tested by Dr. Bond who has developed a process to extract fingerprints from metal -- even decades later.
Detectives Benas and Garay have come out of retirement to focus on this murder and 11 other cold cases.
That's great news to the family of Vincent Ramirez. They still can't come to terms with his murder.
Ramirez's father Ronaldo said, "When I walked in they told me he had passed away ... it's still real hard for me you know."
19-year-old Ramirez was shot and killed by three men in a car as he was walking to a minimart back in December 2004. There were witnesses -- but none identified the suspects.
If you have any information about either of these unsolved murders you're asked to call the Porterville Police Department.
Cold case detectives expect to hear back on the fingerprints on the bullets that killed the victims -- in two months.
