A Hawaii man has been charged with murder in connection with a cold case investigation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The murder happened back in 1997.
People who know the suspect say he has worked as a resident manager in Makaha, Makakilo, Ewa Beach, and currently in Waipahu.
59 year old Alan Marx was taken into custody around noon Monday at Mokuloa Vista in Waipahu.
That's according to residents.
Marx is the resident manager of this apartment complex.
When asked how they tracked him down, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill responded: "Well I think this is good investigation done by the Salt Lake City detectives. They asked around and they were able to find him and track him down there."
Marx was arrested and charged for the murder of Ward Wolverton, who died from blunt force trauma to the head.
This happened on March 20, 1997.
"The victim at the time was 77 years old. A person matching Mr. Marx's description was alleged to have been with him, and subsequent conversation with Mr. Marx indicated that he admitted he had been with the defendant drinking, at the bank and had gone to the liquor store with him," said Gill.
According to court documents, Wolverton and Marx had been staying together at a Salt Lake City homeless shelter.
Last year, the case was re-opened after the Salt Lake City Police Department received a federal grant to re-investigate some of its cold cases.
"They went back, interviewed a lot more witnesses, came back and his name had come up but also we were able to use forensic DNA techniques to go back and take a look at the shirt that was found at the scene," said Gill.
Through new DNA testing, and fingerprint evidence, forensic investigators were able to connect Alan Marx to the murder investigation.
KHON2 News actually interviewed Marx back in March, when there was a massive power outage in Ewa Beach during a HECO workers strike.
Marx had been the resident manager of Ewa Villa Estates.
"We have people on oxygen, a lot of people are in wheelchairs," said Marx in March.
We went back to Ewa Villa Estates and learned from residents that Marx had been fired shortly after that interview for harassing the board of directors president.
This resident, who didn't want to be identified, used to work with Marx.
"I couldn't believe he's the type to murder. He looked so innocent, and timid looking," said the Ewa Villa Estates resident.
Marx told him he came from Salt Lake City, but didn't say when or why he moved to Hawaii.
The Salt Lake County DA says Alan Marx will have to be extradited back to Utah, and once he gets there he'll be arraigned in court.
Bail is set at one million dollars.
