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San Diego stabbing suspect captured in Cave Junction By Nick Morgan Updated: Jun 02, 2022 08:57 AM A A Anthony Dwayne Siddle, 59, was captured in the Cave Junction area this week on a California warrant accusing him of a San Diego area homicide. [San Diego Police Department photo] A man accused of a San Diego, California double stabbing that killed an 87-year-old woman and wounded the victim’s daughter was captured in Southern Oregon after more than a month on the lam. Anthony Dwayne Siddle, 59, was captured in Cave Junction Wednesday on a California warrant charging him with the April 22 homicide of 87-year-old Peggy Brandenburgh and stabbing of Brandenburgh’s 60-year-old daughter in a home in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, according to releases from the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office and the San Diego Police Department. Police believe that the suspect entered Brandenburgh’s northeastern San Diego home shortly before 3 p.m. April 22 and “immediately stabbed both victims,” according to an April 28 follow-up release from the police department that named Siddle as the suspect. “The evidence shows the suspect was familiar with the residence and this was not a random attack, although the motivation is still being determined,” the San Diego police release states. Siddle reportedly fled the scene in a dark gray Ford Ecosport SUV with Montana plates, which police initially believed was headed for Mexico. The U.S. Marshals Service and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office later got information that Siddle was in the Cave Junction area, according to a release issued by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday afternoon. A sheriff’s deputy spotted a vehicle linked to Siddle in the 1000 block of Rockydale Road, and a team of local and federal law enforcement including members of the Marshal’s Service and U.S. National Park Police ultimately took Siddle into custody without incident at 10:27 a.m. Tuesday. As of Thursday morning, Siddle remains an inmate in the Josephine County Jail held without bail. Reach web editor Nick Morgan at 541-776-4471 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @MTwebeditor.