A COALITION OF MONTEREY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS MAKING A NEW ATTEMPT TO SOLVE COLD CASE CRIMES. 20 DETECTIVES FROM THE MONTEREY, MARINA, SEASIDE AND PACIFIC GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, ARE MEETING EACH MONTH, TO GO OVER "COLD CASE" MURDERS. THEY HOPE TO GAIN A NEW PERSPECTIVE THROUGH ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY. THE CURRENT PLAN INCLUDES MEETING FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. AMONG OTHER CASES, THIS MONTH THEY ARE REVIEWING THE STABBING DEATH OF 17-YEAR-OLD KRISTOPHER OLINGER. HE WAS FOUND DEAD THE FALL OF 1997, IN PACIFIC GROVE NEAR THE BEACH. HIS KILLER IS STILL UNKNOWN.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TURNED INTO MIDNIGHT COWBOYS TUESDAY DURING THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. C-H-P OFFICERS AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE FORCED INTO HERDING AT LEAST A DOZEN COWS, AFTER THEY WANDERED ONTO HIGHWAY 101 AT LOS LOBOS ROAD. THEY CAUSED 10 SEPARATE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DURING WHICH 4 COWS WERE KILLED. DEPUTIES FOLLOWED 6 COWS RUNNING NORTH ALONG THE SHOULDER AND HERDED THEM INTO A TEMPORARY PEN OFF CATTLEMEN ROAD. 3 OTHER COWS FOUND HIDING WERE CHASED DOWN A RAVINE AND AWAY FROM THE FREEWAY. NO REPORTS ON HOW THE CATTLE GOT LOOSE.

A MAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AS HE SAT IN HIS VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MOTEL 6 ON KERN STREET IN SALINAS. SUSPECTS WALKED UP TO THE 35-YEAR-OLD VICTIM TUESDAY MORNING AT ALMOST 10 A.M., AND FIRED THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. HE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE CAR AND WAS SHOT AT AGAIN. THE SUSPECTS FLED IN A WHITE FORD SUV. THE VICTIM SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE LEGS, PELVIS, TORSO, AND FACE. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY FOUND HIS WOUNDS NOT TO BE LIFE THREATENING.

THE VICTIM FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH IN SALINAS FRIDAY, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. HE WAS 58-YEAR-OLD PATRICK NOLAN MCLAUGHLIN. OFFICERS FOUND MCLAUGHLIN IN BACK OF A BUSINESS ON THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH MAIN STREET. HE WAS SEMI-CONSCIOUS, SUFFERING FROM APPARENT INJURIES RECEIVED AFTER BEING BEATEN ABOUT HIS HEAD AND BODY. THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS IN THE CASE AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD AID IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS URGED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THEIR ANONYMOUS CRIME TIP LINE AT (831) 775-4222.