Edward Gene Poirier, a 29-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Nov. 19, after being shot near 10024 Valley Blvd. in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Bryan Tovar, a 37-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Aug. 29, after being shot near 11436 Garvey Ave. in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Randy Louis Mata, a 21-year-old Latino male, died Friday, July 24, after being shot near 3460 Durfee Ave. in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Manuel Carlos Ruiz, a 69-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, July 5, after being stabbed near 10107 Garvey Ave. in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Enrique Gomez, a 50-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, May 20, after being stabbed near 10024 Valley Blvd. in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Ruben Arreola Nunez, a 40-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, May 3, after being shot near 4550 Peck Road in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Michael Meza, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Friday, March 6, after being shot near the 11000 block of Lower Azusa Road in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Florinda Velasquez-Hernandez, a 64-year-old Latina, was found dead Feb. 4 after she had been  strangled near the 3300 block of Maxson Road in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

A person called authorities around 10:25 a.m. to report a man pushing a large blue plastic container out of a trailer to a dumpster, said Los Angeles Sheriff's Det. Louie Aguilera. 

Officers arrived and began speaking to the witness, then began looking for the large plastic container, Aguilera said. 

Officers found Velasquez-Hernandez inside the dumpster stuffed in a container. An autopsy determined that she had been strangled, according to coroner's records. 

David Stanley Lemus-Orellana, a 22-year-old Latino, was charged with murder Feb. 6, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. 

Authorities said that Orellana and Velasquez-Hernandez were roommates who lived in a trailer with two others. Each person subleased a room, …

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