Oscar Alberto Ayala
Arianny Reyes-Arevalo, 1
Mason Alexander Lopez, 5
Mason Alexander Lopez, a 5-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Aug. 1, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 5979 California Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Baby Boy Rodriguez
Baby Boy Rodriguez, a Latino male, died Sunday, Nov. 15, after being shot near 1107 N. Neptune Ave. in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Amanda Vargas, 4
Jimy Leonel Reyes Cortez, 3
Jimy Leonel Reyes Cortez, a 3-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, March 14, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 4704 E. Florence Ave. in Bell, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Ally Espinosa, 4
Ally Espinosa, a 4-year-old Latino female, died Thursday, Nov. 7, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
Selena Elsie Aleman
Selena Elsie Aleman, a 5-month-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Feb. 23, in the 8000 block of California Avenue in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide investigators.
South Gate Police officers were called to Selena's home around 4:47 a.m. regarding a call about a baby not breathing, said sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Her parents told investigators they put the baby to bed around 11 p.m. and when they woke up to get ready for work they noticed she wasn't breathing, Alfred said.
Sheriff's Homicide Bureau investigators were asked to take over the investigation on Feb. 27, when the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office declared Selena's death a homicide caused by traumatic injury, Alfred said.
On Thursday, March 7, Selena's father, Jose Francisco Aleman, 22, was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault of a child. He was formally charged March 11 with murder and one …
Jay Salinas Onofre
Axel Gavin Herrera
Axel Gavin Herrera, a Latino male, died Thursday, Sept. 28, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
Dax Jordan Quintana Oliveira
Dax Jordan Quintana Oliveira, a 2-month-old Latino boy, died Thursday, Aug. 31, after suffering head and neck trauma in the 3500 block of Brenton Avenue in Lynnwood, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Oliveira home about 3 p.m. Aug. 29 regarding an unresponsive baby, Lt. Derrick Alfred said.
Paramedics took the baby to the hospital, where he was treated for trauma to his head and neck, Alfred said.
Dax was pronounced dead at the hospital two days later at 5:36 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators think Dax had been shaken violently by his father. Both the boy’s parents were home and in the same room at the time, Alfred said.
Dax’s father, Sanderson de Oliveira, also known as Sanderson Dantas, a 33-year-old Brazilian, was arrested the day his son was taken to the hospital and then released pending further …
Ruby Vasquez, 3
Ruby Vasquez, a 3-year-old Latina, was fatally stabbed Monday, Oct. 31, in the 800 block of McGarry Street in downtown L.A., according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 5 p.m., the child, who was at a garment factory where her parents work, went to give her father a cookie, according to Los Angeles County prosecutors.
Ruby was seen running with a man close behind who stabbed the child, police and prosecutors said.
The child’s mother flagged down an ambulance, said Los Angeles Police Capt. Jorge Rodriguez. Ruby was taken to a hospital where she died.
Witnesses told police that man accused of being the attacker -- authorities identified Ricardo Augusto Utuy, a 34-year-old Latino, as the suspect in the killing -- would sometimes talk and laugh to himself, Rodriguez said.
“He would do certain things that would lead them to believe he was not all there,” Rodriguez said.
Although …
Rosario Torres, 1
Rosario Torres, a 1-year-old Latina, was stabbed to death Friday, Oct. 21, in the 13100 block of Van Owen in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 11 a.m., Noe Torres, a 48-year-old Latino, stabbed his daughter in front of family members inside their apartment, said Los Angeles Police Capt. Stephen Carmona.
Torres then set a small fire, stabbed himself and jumped out a back window. When police arrived, a kitchen knife was still in his body.
Torres, who also had a knife in his waistband, refused to comply with officer’s commands, Carmona said.
Police subdued Torres with a Taser and beanbag rounds, Carmona said.
The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Torres was charged Oct. 25 with one count of murder, one count of assault on a child causing death and one count of arson, according to a complaint filed in …
Jennabel Anaya, 4
Jennabel Anaya, a 4-year-old Latina, died Sunday, Aug. 7, after she was shot in the intersection of East 9th Street and Locust Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
City and county authorities announced Friday a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed Anaya and her mother, Carina Mancera, 26.
The girl was walking home from the grocery store with her mother and father, Luis Anaya, on Aug. 6, when a man approached the family about 10:20 p.m. and began shooting, according to Long Beach Police Sgt. Robert Woods.
Mancera, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:27 p.m., according to coroner’s records. Jennabel was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 7, according to coroner’s records.
Luis Anaya escaped unscathed. During a memorial at the shooting site Sunday, …