A murder baffled investigators for decades. Then a Georgia man came forward after finding religion | CNN

For more than three decades, the home invasion killing of New Jersey resident Mauricio Cuadra remained unsolved. Then, in 2024, a man walked into a Georgia police station more than 700 miles away from the scene of the crime. He was carrying his medications and personal belongings, prepared for the possibility that he would not return home. Joseph Quiros-Soto had something to confess after his pastor encouraged him to come forward and do the right thing. He told investigators he was responsible for the August 9, 1989, murder of 48-year-old Cuadra in Bayonne, New Jersey. How discarded chewing gum helped convict a serial rapist of two cold case murders Cuadra was inside his apartment with his girlfriend and her two young daughters when an unknown intruder kicked in the door, according to court documents. Records indicate that Cuadra attempted to defend himself with a crowbar before the suspect placed him in a headlock and shot him in the head during the struggle. Quiros-Soto, a self-described born-again Christian who had been attending a local church and participating in a men’s group, told investigators that his faith played a central role in his decision to confess after decades o