MUS-2026-0573
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MUS-2026-0573
Homicide
- Incident
- 1994
- Indexed
- Oct 31, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Santa Clara Police Department
- Location
- Santa Clara CA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Matthew Donald Flores, 26, an Army veteran, arrived on the morning of March 24, 1994 for a training session at Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California, and was shot once in the back of the head in the parking lot at 3225 Oakmead Village Drive, on his ninth day of training. Security video showed a two door Ford Explorer from the early 1990s that appeared to be stalking the lot, and investigators have theorized mistaken identity. Flores left behind his wife Denise and a newborn daughter. The case is Santa Clara Police Cold Case 94-4062, no one has been charged, and it remains unsolved.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- March 24, 1994
Flores is shot at about 8:14 a.m. in the Applied Materials parking lot at 3225 Oakmead Village Drive, Santa Clara.
Key people
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26, an Army veteran. Shot on March 24, 1994 in the Applied Materials parking lot in Santa Clara on his ninth day of training.
His wife. Flores also left behind a newborn daughter, Danielle.
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