Monica Marie Abarca, 29
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Samantha Bustos Vital, 15
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Samantha Bustos Vital, a 15-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Monday, March 25, after her body was found in the 500 block of West Victoria Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Samantha, a student at New Designs Charter School in Willowbrook, went out with friends on Friday, March 22, and never returned home, according to family members.
Her mother, Blanca Bautista de Cuevas, told NBCLA and CBS2 television that Samantha said she was sleeping over at her best friend's house, and the friend told her family she was staying at Samantha's house. Instead, the girls apparently went to a party, unusual behavior for her daughter, she said.
"She was really good," Bautista de Cuevas told reporters. "She didn't even go out to parties, until that day."
Bautista de Cuevas also said her daughter's friend told her she last saw ...
Samuel Crenshaw, 60
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Frank Noel Galvan, 34
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Frank Noel "Chito" Galvan, a 34-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, March 23, near the corner of 95th and Juniper Streets in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Galvan was walking in his neighborhood around 2:40 p.m. when he was shot, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Rodney Moore.
Deputies were called to the scene regarding a gunshot victim and found Galvan with a gunshot wound, Moore said.
Galvan was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:12 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the torso.
Investigators don't have any information about the gunman or a motive for the shooting, Moore said.
An online fundraiser has been started "to help bring some peace" to ...
Shooter gets 90 years to life in killing of 27-year-old man in South L.A. strip mall
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Nearly three years after her son was shot and killed in broad daylight in a South L.A. strip mall, Lenell Ellis walked into a courtroom and prepared to hear his killer’s sentence.
In her hands, she clutched two paintings: one brushed gold with a set of eyes in the center, and the other, a drawing of a dinosaur, a project her son, Robert Ellis worked on with his nephew. The 27-year-old never got to finish the drawing.
Before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard Kemalyan handed down Tyrone Foster's sentence for killing Robert Ellis, he said there was no doubt that this event impacted far more people than were in the courtroom Tuesday.
“I cannot fathom the depth of the despair to both families,” he said. “I recognize that.”
Kemalyan then sentenced Foster, 25, to 90 years to life in prison for the March ...
Robert Arthur Fausto, 63
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Davien Shawn Oatez, 45
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David De Jesus Rios, 27
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David De Jesus Rios, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, March 20, after being shot in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Jaasiel Ruiz, 35
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Jaasiel Ruiz, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, March 19, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Ronny Sue Wall, 58
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Timothy John Beckwith, 49
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Francisco Lazaro Maldonado, 57
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Francisco Lazaro Maldonado, a 57-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, March 17, after being stabbed in Panorama City, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Lawrence Calvin George, 41
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Gerardo Macias Hernandez, 22
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Damian Medina, 20
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Damian Medina, a 20-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, March 16, after being stabbed in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.