MUS-2026-282
Archive card
MUS-2026-282
Homicide
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Oct 16, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Berkeley Police Department
- Location
- Berkeley 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.
Rick DeVecchi, 37, confronted a stranger seen going through his pickup truck outside his family's warehouse in Berkeley, California, on December 17, 1998. The stranger's car deliberately ran him down. DeVecchi died of his injuries three days later. Berkeley police treated the death as murder. The suspect and the tan and white Cadillac, with plates containing CUS, were never found. No one has been charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Dec 17, 1998
A stranger was seen going through DeVecchi's truck bed just after 7:10 a.m. DeVecchi was struck by the suspect's car just before 7:15 a.m.
- Dec 20, 1998
DeVecchi died of his injuries three days after being struck. Berkeley police treated it as murder.
- Aug 1999
KTVU aired a story on the case tied to an increase in the reward.
Key people
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37, of Berkeley, California. Struck by a stranger's car on December 17, 1998, after confronting the stranger at his pickup truck.
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