SAN JOSE – Amanda Estantino routinely works long hours to get to the bottom of San Jose’s most violent crimes. It isn’t unheard of for her to go two days without heading home.

“We’re tenacious like that, and we and everybody cares from the beginning, so we’re not playing catch-up. So we’re able to follow the lead, do the 48-hour investigation,” she said, referring to the crucial investigative window immediately after a killing. “Everybody wants to be here.”

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The San Jose-raised homicide detective is a member of an investigative unit that has achieved a 100% clearance rate for the past three full years, solving 35, 36, and 29 homicides in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively. In 2025, with 18 homicide cases to date through Thursday, the department is reporting a 100% rate.

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