25-year-old Torrance homicide is a love triangle

When Archie McFarland was stabbed to death in his Torrance driveway in December 1985, the Daily Breeze ran one story - a small brief with few details about his death, but mentioned that Janos Kulcsar was arrested as a suspect.

That was all we heard of the case, apparently, for more than two decades. About six or seven years ago, the Torrance Police Department began looking into cold cases, and this was one of them. Honestly, when I was told they were filing another one, I had a couple guesses which it could be - but this one wasn't even on our radar.

With a few more details revealed in court yesterday, I feel it's now safe to say this is going to be an interesting case with some good legal issues, for those of you who like that sort of thing! A circumstantial case, based on old evidence and a recent police interview with Kulcsar sounds thin ... but it's pretty amazing to watch how these cold case detectives, along with Deputy District Attorney John Lewin, make it come together like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. This will be one to watch.