Sena Khim, a 37-year-old Asian woman, was found dead Tuesday, May 7, in the 600 block of East 10th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.

Officers from the Long Beach Police Department responded to a call of “unknown trouble” about 7:30 a.m. and found Khim with blunt force trauma to the upper body, according to a news release from the department.

Khim was pronounced dead at 7:49 a.m. at the scene, according to coroner’s records.

Investigators determined that Khim was physically assaulted by her boyfriend, identified by police as Soeun Sam, a 59-year-old Asian man, police said.

Sam was arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene.

Sam has been charged with one count of murder with the allegation that he used a wooden bar as a deadly and dangerous weapon, according to the Los Angeles County district ...

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Jose Samuel Hernandez, a 58-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, April 18, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Sun Valley, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Elmer Orlando Chavez-Ruiz, a 37-year-old Latino, died Wednesday, March 27, after he was assaulted in the 400 block of West 104th Street in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

On March 23 about 4:45 p.m., Chavez-Ruiz got into a dispute at a motel and was struck with a blunt object, said Los Angeles police Det. Nathan Kouri.

Detectives are still determining what the fight was about, police said. Chavez-Ruiz was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead four days later at 8 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

The incident is not believed to be related to gangs or gang activity.

Anyone with information can call detectives at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Sergio Armando Vargas, a 54-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Feb. 25, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Bell, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Bruce Larrie Johnson, a 71-year-old white male, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, after sustaining blunt force trauma.

David Cirilo Cervantes, a 60-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Glendale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Francisco Ruiz Morones, a 60-year-old white male, died Monday, Jan. 28, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

William Bailey, a 54-year-old black male, died Monday, Jan. 14, after sustaining blunt force trauma in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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. 

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Frank Borsotti, a 61-year-old white male, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Jan. 3, after he was punched in a Jack in the Box parking lot at 436628 10th Street West in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators.

Borsotti was next to his pickup truck in the parking lot about 12:45 p.m, when he was confronted by a man who got out of a champagne-colored sedan, said Sheriff's Sgt. Guillermo Morales.

“There was some type of argument, but we don’t know what the source of the argument is," Morales said. "We don't know what precipitated this, but the suspect got out of the car and punched the victim."

The assault was captured on surveillance video from a nearby business, obtained by KTLA-TV Channel 5 and other news outlets. 

In the video, the sedan pulls up behind Borsotti’s pickup and Borsotti ...

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Albino Ulloa Ocampo, a 51-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Dec. 30, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-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.