Benedict Antonio Saengphaibul, a 1-year-old Asian male, died Wednesday, April 15, after sustaining blunt force trauma near South California Avenue & Duarte Road in Monrovia, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Olivia Ma, a Asian female, died Tuesday, May 8, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
Franklin Pon-Ros, a 3-year-old boy of Cambodian-Laotian descent, died on Saturday, Jan. 20, after he was shot in the 2800 block of West Alondra Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Franklin was in the back seat of a car when his mother and her boyfriend stopped in the parking lot of Nate’s Liquor Mart at West Alondra Boulevard and South McKinley Avenue about 7:40 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
The boyfriend walked into the store briefly, passing another man standing at the counter, according to surveillance video made public on KTLA5 and other networks this week. The men saw each other but did not speak in the store, Mendoza said.
The man at the counter left and walked to his car, which was parked near the door. The boyfriend left the store a few minutes later, and as he walked by the …
Shane Ventanilla, an 8-week-old Asian boy, was fatally stabbed Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the 1500 block of Park Avenue in Long Beach, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
The boy’s father found Shane and his mother, Charlene Ventanilla, with multiple stab wounds and alerted authorities about 6:30 a.m., said Marlene Arrona, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department.
When officers arrived, the mother and young child were unconscious and not breathing, police said. Both were pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m., according to coroner's records.
Officers later determined that Charlene Ventanilla, 36, killed her child before taking her own life, according to a police statement. Police are investigating what triggered the killing, Arrona said.
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Verwyn Jirel Santos, a Asian male, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
Baby Bao, a fetus, died Sunday, Feb. 5, in the 1000 block of South Ynez Avenue in Monterey Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Monterey Park police and fire officials responded to a report of a death about 7 a.m. When they arrived, they found the body of Chenyan Bao, a 39-year-old Asian woman, in the home she shared with her husband and child.
At the time of the incident, Bao was about 3 months pregnant. The fetus has been identified as Baby Bao, said Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office.
Police reported Chenyan Bao died from injuries sustained in an incident of domestic violence, said L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Aura Lidman. According to coroner's records, she was smothered and died from asphyxia.
Her husband, Hongxin Liu, was arrested in connection with her death.
Liu, a 41-year-old Asian man, was being held at the Monterey Park police …
The unborn child of Eun Kang, a 38-year old Korean female, was one of two fetuses killed when Kang was raped and stabbed to death Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the 1600 block of Electric Avenue in Venice, authorities said.
One was a boy, the gender of the other was not listed in coroner's records. Kang was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m., and the unborn child listed as a boy was pronounced dead three minutes later. Kang was four months pregnant at the time of her death, authorities said.
Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, said the second unborn child was discovered by coroner's examiners the next day so the time of death is listed as 3:10 p.m. Dec 9.
Boneetio Kentro Washington, a 22-year old black man, of Culver City, has been charged with capital murder in connection with the slayings. Washington had spent time at a state …
Ian Williams, 3, was killed in the same triple homicide as his father Neal Williams, 27, a white man, and brother Devon, 7, in the 18000 block of Camino Bello in Rowland Heights.
Their bodies were found at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8. Williams died from multiple stab wounds. The boys were reported to have been suffocated. Williams' wife, Man-Ling Williams, 27, the mother of both children, was arrested.
[Updated Jan. 23, 2010: Man-Ling Williams remains incarcerated without bail at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. She is scheduled to be back in court Monday, Jan. 25.]
[Update Jan. 17, 2011: Death penalty case: Protracted trial deepens woman's torment]
[Update Jan. 19, 2012: Woman gets death penalty in pillow and sword slayings]
Benjamin Tan, a Asian male, died Monday, April 10, in San Gabriel, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Tony Kim, a Asian male, died Saturday, Sept. 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
Megan Lee, a Asian female, died Thursday, Sept. 18, in Silver Lake, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.