Marcus Smith, a 48-year-old black male, died Monday, Jan. 7, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Westlake, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jeffery Allen Brand Jr., a 35-year-old black male, died Sunday, Jan. 6, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Nadia Solis, a 41-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Saturday, Jan. 5, after she was struck in the head in the 8700 block of Orange Street in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators. 

Deputies went to the home where Solis lived with her long-time boyfriend, Luis Rey JimenezJimenez, after coworkers requested a welfare check because she hadn't come to work for several days, said Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

Worried co-workers had come to the house earlier in the week and talked to a relative who was babysitting, The Times reported. The relative said Solis had left and no one knew where she had gone. 

On Saturday, however, deputies felt like "things weren't adding up" when they questioned JimenezJimenez, 44, and asked to search the house, Alfred said. Then they noticed JimenezJimenez's car in the carport and asked for the keys. 

"It ...

Continue reading »

Frank Borsotti, a 61-year-old white male, died Thursday, Jan. 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Tranel Tyrone Reed, a 52-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jack Hernandez, a 89-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Dec. 20, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Kelsey Camila Meza, a 17-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the 800 block of West Colorado Boulevard in Monrovia, according to Los Angeles County authorities.

Kelsey was found in her upstairs apartment along with her 41-year-old mother, Cecilia Meza, who was also dead, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred.  

The mother’s boyfriend, Nimrod Perez Guerrero, 33, also lived in the apartment and is now wanted as a suspect in the double slaying, Alfred said. 

The three lived across the street from Monrovia High School, where Kelsey was a senior. Tearful students gathered outside the apartment on Wednesday afternoon as investigators worked at the scene. 

“There were lots of very upset children outside,” Alfred said. “She was liked by plenty of people.”

Monrovia School District Supt. Katherine Thorossian issued a statement on Thursday, saying the school would be providing ...

Continue reading »

Luis Fernando Cuba, a 47-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Dec. 1, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Lawndale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Robert Peter Pimentel, a 70-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Nov. 29, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Norwalk, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

 Johanna Lissette Mejia Gayton, a 17-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Saturday, Nov. 24, after her body was found off the East Fork Road about 1.25 miles east of San Gabriel Canyon Road in the Angeles Crest area of Angeles National Forest, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

People looking for recyclables along the East Fork Road looked into a culvert just north of the road, along the edge of a large turnout, and spotted the teenager lying face down in the dirt around 1:15 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.

Johanna was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:47 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma to the head. 

Investigators believe Johanna was struck and killed at the scene, Alfred said, but they don't have a ...

Continue reading »

Zindy Carolina Gonzalez Escobar, who was also known as Carolina Medina, a 31-year-old Latina, was killed Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in the 7500 block of Enfield Avenue in Reseda, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly before 11 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called to an apartment regarding a suspicious death, according to a news release from police.

Officers determined that Escobar had suffered from “blunt force injuries” that resulted in her death.

Escobar was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:01 a.m., according to coroner’s records. The coroner's office identified Escobar as Carolina Medina.

Escobar’s boyfriend, who is also the father of her child, was interviewed by police. Police said that the man, later identified as Ricardo Sauz, a 35-year-old Latino, “confessed to causing the victim’s death,” according to a police statement.

Police said that Escobar ...

Continue reading »

Karina Alcaraz, a 27-year-old Latino female, died Saturday, Nov. 17, after sustaining blunt force trauma.

Felix Dandy Namdi, a 52-year-old black male, died Friday, Nov. 9, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Hyde Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Mildred Mary Jansen, a 93-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Henry Hamada, a 91-year-old Asian male, died Saturday, Oct. 20, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.