An Oregon man has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of an 84-year-old California woman nearly three decades after police said she was killed inside her apartment. Advancements in DNA technology have linked Joe Contreras, of Dallas, Oregon, to the killing of Alice Sharitz, who was found dead in her San José home in October 1997, the San José Police Department said in a news release on Wednesday, January 8. Contreras, 75, had been involved in a romantic relationship with Sharitz, San José deputy police chief Brian Spears said at a January 8 news conference, CBS News reported.