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July 13, 2015
Manuel Salmeron Manzanares, age 36, formerly of Santa Barbara, was arrested for the 1997 murder of Linda Louise Archer, a homeless resident of Santa Barbara who was 43-years old at the time of her death.
On the morning of August 16, 1997 Archer was attacked and beaten to death at her campsite located near the southbound HWY 101 off-ramp at Castillo Street. The incident was investigated by officers and detectives of the Santa Barbara Police Department. The following day Gregory Gavin, a mentally ill transient, was initially arrested for the crime. Gavin had been at the crime scene and was in possession of property belonging to the victim. Further investigation, however, established that Gavin did not kill Archer and he was released from custody.
In 2000 John Dalton was arrested for the crime after he allegedly confessed to a cellmate in Corcoran State Prison that he had killed Archer. At the time of the murder Dalton had been an associate of Archer and had lied to investigators about his relationship with her and his whereabouts when the crime occurred. DNA evidence collected at the crime scene was analyzed following Dalton’s arrest; however it was found to not match that of Dalton. The case against Dalton was subsequently dismissed; his statements in prison were likely made to bolster his status among his fellow inmates.
