Slaying suspect in San Diego charged with 3 more murders, including 2 cold cases

U.S. newsSlaying suspect in San Diego charged with 3 more murders, including 2 cold cases Dwight Rhone, 74, was already in custody in connection with a 2023 fatal shooting. He was charged Wednesday with three more counts of murder.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00The FBI, the California Highway Patrol and San Diego police investigated a home in San Diego's Southcrest neighborhood after human remains were found Tuesday.NBC San Diego fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 10, 2026, 6:22 PM EDTBy Tim Stelloh and Bill FeatherA San Diego man previously accused in a 2023 murder was charged Wednesday with killing three more people, officials said.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Two of those victims were discovered decades ago, and investigators are examining other cases possibly linked to the defendant, Dwight Rhone, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.Rhone, 74, was arraigned on three additional murder charges and pleaded not guilty. His attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan credited a deputy prosecutor for the new charges, saying her “persistence and attention to detail helped uncover critical connections between this defendant and multiple victims, including victims whose cases had gone cold.”The charges are connected to three men — Michael Brown, Ronald Johnken and Herierto Ruiz — according to the release.Rhone was previously charged with murder in the death of Bernardo Moreno, 54, who was found near a highway interchange on Oct. 18, 2023, with a gunshot wound to the head. His body was found in what the prosecutor’s office described as burned debris.Brown’s remains were found in December underneath a home where Rhone once lived in San Diego’s Southcrest neighborhood, the release said. Additional details about the cause or date of Brown’s death were not immediately a...