Damion Pugh, a 21-year-old black male, died Saturday, June 15, in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Daniel Castillo Garcia, a 37-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, June 15, in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Juan Pablo Barajas, a 22-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, June 15, in East Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

 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 ...

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Kenyata Wante McIntosh, a 39-year-old black male, died Wednesday, June 12, in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

William Benjamin Harris IV, a 19-year-old black male, died Monday, June 10, in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Jose Salvador Meza, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, in San Gabriel, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

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, a 36-year-old black male, died Thursday, April 18, in Glendale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Leon Gough II, a 50-year-old black male, died Thursday, April 18, in Glendale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Diane Pamilton Hammack, a 62-year-old black female, died Sunday, April 14, in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Elvis Puentes, a 2-year-old male, died Friday, Jan. 11, in Covina, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.