National Cold Case Month Ivestigation 

September 7, 2024 – Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on September 9, 2000, at approximately 11:50 p.m. the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a suspicious death in the town of Copperopolis. The male was later identified as Hector Girol and the cause of death was deemed a homicide.

Hector was located in a shower with multiple gunshot wounds to his body which ultimately caused his death.

Please contact the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office if you have any information connected to this case.

Please call the Sheriff’s Office Anonymous Tip Line @ 209-754-6030

Source & photos: Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office