Elias Chacon Ruiz, 38
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Marlena Virginia Alvirez, 13
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Marlena Virginia Alvirez, a 13-year-old Latina, was fatally shot Tuesday, Aug. 13, in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15 in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Marlena was at home in the bedroom she shared with her brother and two sisters when she was shot around 5:30 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle.
Deputies were initially called to the home about someone being shot by a BB gun, Biddle said, "but almost simultaneously the hospital called to report that a juvenile was in the emergency room with a gunshot wound."
Investigators went to both locations and discovered the calls were related, he said. A family member drove Marlena to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead at 5:46 p.m., according to coroner's records.
Her brother, Eddie Alvirez, 18, is suspected of firing the gun ...
Andrew Joseph Espinoza, 19
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Joseph Gilbert Solano, 50
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Joseph Gilbert Solano, a 50-year-old Latino deputy for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, died Wednesday, June 12, after he was shot in the 2500 block of West Valley Boulevard in Alhambra, according to sheriff's investigators.
Solano got off work about 5 p.m. Monday, June 10, put on his civilian clothes and then ran an errand for his mother, taking her car to a Jiffy Lube to get the oil changed, The Times reported.
Solano went next door to a Jack in the Box restaurant at 2531 West Valley Blvd., and was waiting for his food when a man wearing sunglasses and a fedora walked up behind him about 5:45 p.m.
"We don't know if [the gunman] said something to him, but on the video you can see [Solano] turns to face him," said Lt. Derrick Alfred. "And that's when ...
John Doe #91
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John Doe #91, a male, died Sunday, April 28, in Tujunga Canyons, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
Deandre Tyronne Sims, 36
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Leon Gough II, 50
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Diane Pamilton Hammack, 62
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Trinity Love Jones, 9
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Trinity Love Jones, a black 9-year-old girl, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, March 5, after her body was found on an equestrian trail adjacent to the 3400 block of Hacienda Boulevard in Hacienda Heights, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigators.
A Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation worker clearing brush along the equestrian trail discovered Trinity's tiny body in a large rolling duffel bag around 10 a.m., according to Lt. Scott Hoglund.
The girl's head and shoulders were protruding from the bag but there was no obvious sign of trauma to her body, Hoglund said.
She was shoeless, wearing black and white lounge pants and a pink top that read "Future Princess Hero," but investigators at first had no idea of her identity or age.
In a news conference the following day, investigators said the girl was small, about 4 ...
Selena Elsie Aleman
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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 ...
Everardo Castro, 26
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Everardo Castro, a 26-year-old Latino, was fatally crushed on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the 38000 block of 35th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Castro and his sister got into an argument with her boyfriend, Esteban Reyes-Rojas, around 4 p.m., on a residential street, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release.
Reyes-Rojas allegedly got into his car, a tan 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, and chased the brother and sister down, striking Castro and pinning him to the garage door of a house, Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund said.
Castro was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as crushing torso injuries.
His sister suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the news release.
Investigators have identified Reyes-Rojas as the suspect ...
Elvis Puentes, 2
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Julieta Arvizu, 49
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Julieta Arvizu, a 49-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Oct. 11, after her body was found in the 30900 block of East 106th Street in the southeast Antelope Valley community of Littlerock, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Investigators have not released any details about Arvizu's death except to confirm that hers was one of five decomposed bodies found on the property, and one of eight homicides connected to the suspected drug dealer who rented the house, Jesus "Chuy" Guzman, 34.
Guzman was evicted from the property on Aug. 30, the same day Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators served a search warrant there, said Det. David Gunner. Guzman was not home at the time, he said.
Investigators found evidence of methamphetamine production, weapons and stolen trucks and trailers on the property on Aug. 30, Gunner said, but it wasn't until Oct. 11 ...
Jose Jorge Lara Paez, 66
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Jose Jorge Lara Paez, a 66-year-old Latino, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Oct. 11, after his body was found in the 30900 block of East 106th Street in the Southeast Antelope Valley community of Littlerock, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Investigators have not released any details about Lara Paez's death except to confirm that his was one of five decomposed bodies found on the property, and one of eight homicides connected to the suspected drug dealer who rented the house, Jesus "Chuy" Guzman, 34.
Guzman was evicted from the property on Aug. 30, the same day Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators served a search warrant there, said Det. David Gunner. Guzman was not home at the time, he said.
Investigators found evidence of methamphetamine production, weapons and stolen trucks and trailers on the property on Aug. 30, but it wasn't until Oct ...
Guy Eugene Alford III, 20
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Guy Eugene Alford, a 20-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the 5100 block of Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Alford was inside a blue Chevrolet Impala in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant at East 52nd Street and Atlantic Avenue around 12:15 a.m. when he was shot in the torso, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:25 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Long Beach investigators have not released any details about the shooting, and say they don’t have a motive.
CBS-TV Channel 2 reporter Dave Lopez reported that he watched surveillance video from a nearby business that showed Alford in the drive-thru lane of the restaurant when another car pulled ...