Daniel Michael Baker, a 50-year-old white man, was found dead Sunday, Feb. 9, in the 4100 block of Wilshire Boulevard in Windsor Square, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Officers responded to a call of a shooting about 1:30 p.m. and found Baker in an apartment with gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles Police Det. Sean Kinchla. 

Another person had found Baker and called police. 

Baker was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:54 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

Police believe Baker was shot the previous night and are trying to determine why. 

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (213) 382-9470. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Najat Zuniga Pennell, a 41-year-old black woman, was found fatally stabbed Saturday, Feb. 28, in the 4000 block of Wilshire Boulevard in Windsor Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 9 a.m., a man and a woman found Pennell motionless on a bus bench with what appeared to be blood on her face, said LAPD Det. John Skaggs.

Pennell was pronounced dead at 9:23 a.m. at the scene, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations for the coroner’s office.

Skaggs said that the woman was a transient and had only recently been seen in the area. Detectives are looking for witnesses.

Anyone with information is asked to call West Bureau homicide detectives at (213) 382-9470. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

-- Nicole Santa Cruz

Antonia Maria Yager, an 86-year-old white woman, was found dead Monday, Dec. 22, in the 100 block of North Beachwood Drive in Windsor Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Yager, who lived alone, was found about 7 p.m. in her bedroom with stab wounds, police said. A man who helped care for her many cats made the discovery.

She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:20 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police have not yet determined a motive in the killing, but have not ruled out the possibility that she was the victim of a home-invasion robbery or burglary.

Yager had many valuables, including fine jewelry. It was unclear whether anything had been stolen. Yager’s late husband was prominent Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas C. Yager. He made headlines in 1965 when his new bride of three days fell overboard and presumably drowned while …

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