Hollister police and state DOJ use forensic evidence to pin the
crime on Travis J. Hoffmeister
HOLLISTER
Police have arrested a 23-year-old Hollister man on suspicion of murdering Christella Macias in June.
Hollister police arrested Travis J. Hoffmeister on Friday after connecting him to the crime using state-analyzed forensic evidence, according to a press release from the Hollister Police Department.
Macias’ body turned up on the morning of June 22 on the west end of C Street, a residential neighborhood, with a bag over her head while she was wearing only a shirt.
Police in their investigation conducted several search warrants and interviewed many witnesses, according to the statement. Hollister detectives and California Department of Justice agents discovered forensic evidence connecting Hoffmeister to the murder, according to police.
Hoffmeister was booked at the San Benito County Jail on Friday. He already had been in custody for an unrelated crime, according to the press release.
Anyone with related information should call Detective Jeff Caires, or the watch commander, at 636-4330.
