Our Mission

The Orange County Homicide Investigators Association (OCHIA) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1997. Our mission is to foster and expand a community of law enforcement professionals responsible for investigating homicides and other crimes against persons in Orange County, California, and the surrounding area; to share intelligence and resources, and provide educational training, within the law enforcement community to improve efforts to investigate homicides and crimes against persons; and to positively influence the Orange County community through the development of programs that enhance crimes against persons investigations and improve the quality of life for crime victims and their families.

A great turn out out for today’s training with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Jack Guccione! However, the free lunch may have boosted those numbers a bit 😏 Thank you all for coming out. Hopefully everyone took something away that will help in future

Today, we remember Martha Anaya, a young woman whose life was tragically cut short 11 years ago (November 12, 2013). Martha was one of five victims in a horrific series of sexually motivated murders, along with Jarrae Nykkole Estepp, Kianna Jackson,

Forensic Anthropology “The study of human skeletal remains” when it relates to law enforcement investigations.

One of the ways an FA assists L.E. Is in the discovery, and recovery of human skeletal remains. The FA will also examine the

In Memory of Ximena Meza

Today, we honor the memory of 9-year-old Ximena Meza, whose life was tragically cut short 10 years ago by senseless gang violence.

On October 22, 2014, Ximena was playing with friends in front of her Anaheim home when she

Remembering the Seal Beach Salon Victims

On October 12, 2011, Seal Beach was forever changed when a gunman opened fire at the Meritage Salon, taking the lives of eight innocent people and injuring another. The attack, one of the deadliest mass shoot

In Memory of Angela King:
Anaheim’s Fallen Star

24 years ago today, 9 year veteran and Traffic Control Assistant with the Anaheim Police Department, Angela King, was tragically murdered in her home.

October 6, 2000, A little after midnight,

Cal State Fullerton Shooting

In Memoriam: Cal State Fullerton, 1976

On July 12, 1976, a senseless act of violence shattered the peace of Cal State Fullerton. A gunman stormed the campus, taking the lives of seven innocent people in a heinous crime

The Dyson Case: Huntington Beach, 1982

In 1982, the quiet community of Huntington Beach was stunned by the news that Dixie Dyson had been charged with the murder of her husband, Mel Dulay Dyson Jr. The original report was that a masked intruder ente

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EMAIL: info@ochia187.com

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