Crime & Safety

Watch: Help Police Solve Palo Alto Cold Case

Breaking: Information is sought in the 2001 shooting death of Maria Hsiao.

PALO ALTO, CA -- Palo Alto police are asking for help in solving a homicide that took place 16 years ago Saturday when Maria Hsiao died in a shooting June 10, 2001 outside a downtown nightclub.

Police are asking people to watch and share a video posted to the department's Facebook page.

The more people who see it, the better chance someone will provide a tip that will lead officers to the killer, police said. Even someone with second- or third-hand information may be helpful.

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Anonymous tips may be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent by text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984.

Tips may also be sent to the department's free mobile app, which can be downloaded from bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. People can also call in tips to the detective bureau at 650-329-2597.

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By Bay City News Service

Screenshot via Palo Alto Police Department/Facebook