FCSO Records in the Jose Moralez Case

1. The produced file documents a handwritten note.

The crime-scene records list a handwritten item recovered from the front-right passenger seat of Jose Moralez’s Chevrolet pickup. A follow-up narrative states that Yolanda Moralez reviewed a copy and confirmed that the writing was her husband’s handwriting. A later latent-print report refers to the item as a handwritten suicide note and reports that processing did not develop comparable latent impressions of value.

What this establishes: the produced record contains a note and a family handwriting identification. What it does not establish: the note does not identify the person who fired the fatal shot, and the latent examination did not develop comparable impressions of value from the item.

2. GSR testing appears in the released file, but attribution to Jose Moralez is disputed.

The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner forensic laboratory report states that SEM/EDS analysis revealed several highly specific particles and several consistent particles of gunshot residue on the right-hand adhesive lift sample and no particles of gunshot residue on the left-hand adhesive lift sample.

The same laboratory report states that the result means the subject may have discharged a firearm or may otherwise have had his hands in an environment containing gunshot residue. The FCSO follow-up narrative records the same right-hand/left-hand result.

What the released page shows: the laboratory records particles on a right-hand adhesive lift and none on a left-hand lift. The subject name is redacted on the public copy. The family’s position: no valid GSR result has been established as belonging to Jose Moralez. ChiefDyer.com therefore treats attribution, collection provenance and evidentiary significance as disputed rather than presenting the redacted result as proof that Jose fired the fatal shot.

3. The released toxicology report shows 0.00% alcohol and negative listed drug screens.

The redacted Mineral King Laboratory pages included in the records release report 0.00% blood alcohol and show the listed screens as negative for opiates, benzodiazepines, cocaine metabolite, phencyclidine, amphetamines, barbiturates and cannabinoids. A vitreous-specimen page likewise reports 0.00% alcohol and negative listed screens.

The released toxicology pages report 0.00% alcohol for the specimens shown. ChiefDyer.com publishes those pages as part of the forensic record to be considered with the complete autopsy, scene evidence and chronology.

4. The firearm-comparison report identifies the recovered weapon as a Glock Model 27, .40 S&W.

The forensic report identifies the recovered firearm as a Glock Model 27, .40 S&W semi-automatic pistol. It reports that the scene cartridge casing (TC1) was fired from that recovered Glock (TC2).

The report further states that the bullet core and jacket fragments collected as autopsy evidence were consistent with the submitted .40 S&W ammunition. The jacket fragments showed polygonal rifling characteristics consistent with a Glock barrel, but the report says there were insufficient individualizing marks to identify those fragments conclusively as having been fired from that specific pistol.

The firearm-comparison report links the recovered scene casing to the submitted Glock. It does not identify who fired the weapon, and the autopsy jacket fragments were not conclusively individualized to that specific pistol.

5. The crime-scene report identifies the casing, Glock, passenger-seat items and related evidence.

The crime-scene report records an expended casing south of the decedent’s head and a loaded Glock handgun on the ground south of his head. It also lists a black fanny/gun pack, a Bible and papers, and the handwritten item from the truck’s front-right seat, along with dirt samples, the live chambered round, magazine/ammunition, wallet and a barrel swab.

The report states that blood was observed on the gun, inside the barrel, and on the live round and magazine. The scene narrative describes Jose lying face/body down on the road frontage north of his vehicle and records a possible gunshot wound in the center of the chest. It also documents tire-track and ground-distortion observations. Those scene details should be tested against photographs, measurements, trajectory evidence, witness accounts and any complete autopsy reconstruction.

6. Who reported the body—and where are the complete phone records?

The released FCSO call-for-service record shows the initial location information as “CHP TRANS”, with the caller’s name and telephone number redacted. The dispatch entry reports a male subject on the ground behind a maroon full-size vehicle near Sunnyside and American. The public release does not identify the reporting person on that page.

In a May 15, 2025 CPRA demand, Tommy Sevilla requested the 911 audio, CAD logs, caller phone records, caller identity and follow-up interview records. That demand states that the caller was never publicly identified, that internal records indicated the caller went to Los Angeles County, and that no known follow-up interview had been produced.

In an April 25, 2025 formal complaint sent to the U.S. Attorney and Sheriff John Zanoni, Sevilla further alleged that the reporting caller’s cell number was disconnected immediately after the report, that efforts to obtain those records were stonewalled, and that Jose Moralez’s own phone records were kept from public disclosure. Those are records-suppression allegations made in the family’s formal complaint. The underlying subscriber, carrier, call-detail, location, CHP-transfer and court records should be produced so the claims can be tested directly.

7. The follow-up report records Jerry Dyer’s chronology.

The report states that Dyer told the investigator that on November 29, 2004, he and his family were at Javier’s Restaurant near Kings Canyon and Clovis Avenues from approximately 6:30 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m.; that his family went to bed at approximately 10:30 p.m.; and that he later went to the scene after being contacted by Deputy Chief Robert Nevarez. The report also records Dyer explaining that relatives lived in the vicinity of American and Sunnyside.

This is Dyer’s recorded account. The central investigative question is whether restaurant records, phone records, dispatch logs, witnesses and other contemporaneous evidence corroborate each material part of that timeline.