Costa Mesa police identify suspect in 1997 cold-case slaying

Scott Sudweeks, left, braces his father, Alan, as his mother, Sandy, speaks during a news conference about the 1997 cold-case rape and slaying of his sister Sunny Sudweeks at the Costa Mesa Police Department on Thursday.

Scott Sudweeks, left, braces his father, Alan, as his mother, Sandy, speaks during a news conference about the 1997 cold-case rape and slaying of his sister Sunny Sudweeks at the Costa Mesa Police Department on Thursday.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

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Costa Mesa Police Chief Robert Sharpnack announces that Felipe Vianney Hernandez Tellez is the suspect in the 1997 cold-case rape and slaying of Sunny Sudweeks on Thursday.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

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Alan Sudweeks braces his wife, Sandy, after she spoke during a news conference to announce the identification of a suspect in the cold-case rape and slaying of her their daughter, Sunny, on Thursday.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

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Costa Mesa Police Chief Robert Sharpnack speaks to members of the media during a news conference to announce the identification of a suspect in the 1997 cold-case rape and slaying of Sunny Sudweeks on Thursday.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

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Alan Sudweeks wears a pin on his lapel with a picture of his wife, Sandy, and their daughter, Sunny, who was raped and slain in 1997.

  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)