Byron Young Nettles, a 52-year-old black man, died Friday, March 1, after he was stabbed in the 100 block of South Euclid Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Nettles was the manager of the Euclid Villa Transition Housing for families moving out of homelessness, an apartment complex where he also lived, said Pasadena police Lt. Jesse Carrillo.
Around 9 a.m., police officers were sent to the complex regarding a stabbing and discovered Nettles inside his apartment with multiple stab wounds, Carrillo said. He was taken to the hospital and went into surgery, but was pronounced dead later that day at 3:52 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as stab wounds to the chest.
An assailant reportedly fled the apartment on foot, Carrillo said, and officers set up a perimeter to search for him, using helicopters and police dogs. Gardena police officers helped with …
Jerry Chan, a 42-year-old man of Chinese descent, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Sept. 12, after he was stabbed in the 2600 block of East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Chan and a male friend were outside the Colorado Bar, 2640 East Colorado Boulevard, about 1:30 a.m., when a man walked up to Chan and stabbed him in the chest, said Lt. Jesse Carrillo of the Pasadena Police Department.
Chan's friend rushed the attacker, who stabbed him in the thigh, Carrillo said. The friend was able to wrestle the attacker to the ground and sit on him, Carrillo said.
The weapon, a large kitchen knife, appeared to be wedged in the friend's thigh, so the attacker wasn't able to pull it out, Carrillo said. As the two men struggled, another man who was driving by saw the fight, parked and called 911 before …
Larry Bressler, a 50-year-old white man, was fatally stabbed Monday, Oct. 13, in the 200 block of North Madison Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
After being stabbed, Bressler called 911 about 6:20 a.m., said Lt. Tracy Ibarra, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Police Department. Officers and paramedics who arrived at the scene found Bressler and his wife, 64-year-old Denise Bressler, with stab wounds.
Detectives found a knife in the apartment where the stabbing took place. About a block away, police found Jacob Mallory Bersson, 29, covered in blood. Bersson, who was implicated in the 911 call, is a cousin of Larry Bressler, police said.
Police do not know a motive behind the attack.
Bersson was charged Oct. 15 with two counts of murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and an allegation that he used a knife in the attack, according to the Los Angeles …
Denise Bressler, a 64-year-old white woman, was fatally stabbed Monday, Oct. 13, in the 200 block of North Madison Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
After being stabbed, Bressler’s husband, Larry called 911 about 6:20 a.m., said Lt. Tracy Ibarra, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Police Department.
Officers and paramedics who arrived at the scene found the couple with stab wounds. Detectives found a knife in the apartment where the stabbing took place.
About a block away, police found Jacob Mallory Bersson, a 29-year-old white man, covered in blood. Bersson, who was implicated in the 911 call, is a cousin of Larry Bressler, police said.
Police said they do not know the motive behind the attack.
Bersson was charged Oct. 15 with two counts of murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and an allegation that he used a knife in the attack, according to …
King King, a 43-year-old black man, was stabbed to death Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the 900 block of East Washington Boulevard in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
The victim was found dead about 12:45 a.m. in a parking lot behind his barbershop. Police say the crime occurred Tuesday evening when King closed his shop.
Davon Westley Moore, a 22-year-old black man, and Sabrina Octavia King, an 18-year-old black woman, were arrested the same day of the killing and are facing capital murder charges. Octavia King is not related to the victim.
The pair are being held without bail and are scheduled to appear at the Pasadena Superior Court on Oct. 7.
Moore, of Los Angeles, and King, of Compton, face special circumstances of murder during commission of a robbery and burglary, making each eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors will decide later whether they will seek the …
Isidro Sanchez, a 39-year-old Latino, was stabbed in the head and neck July 16 at North Fair Oaks Avenue and East Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Lt. John Dewar from the Pasadena Police Department said Sanchez is also known as Mario Sanchez Pacheco.
Dewar said Sanchez was stabbed in the parking lot of Prestige Auto Repair on Fair Oaks Avenue, then made his way about 100 feet toward the intersection, where he collapsed on the sidewalk. Dewar said someone walking by saw him and called paramedics.
Sanchez was taken to the hospital, where he died a short time later.
Police believe Sanchez was drinking with a group of people in the parking lot when a fight broke out, but detectives do not know what happened leading up to the stabbing, Dewar said. Police received the call about the incident at 11:20 p.m., …
Osman Villalobos, 18, a Latino man, was stabbed to death at 1388 Iowa Ave. in Pasadena on Sunday, June 16. The Pasadena Star-News reported that Villalobos had been stabbed during an argument with another man over a girlfriend. Police later arrested Pasqual Diaz, 22, a Latino man, on suspicion of murder.
(You have reached the end of the weekly listing of homicide victims in Los Angeles County, June 16-22, 2008.)