Justin Paul Goss, a 40-year-old white male, died Saturday, Nov. 28, after being stabbed near 533 Five Oaks Drive in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Vanessa Marquez, a 49-year-old Latina, was fatally shot by police officers Thursday, Aug. 30, in the 1100 block of Fremont Avenue in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators. 

Marquez was an actress who starred as student Ana Delgado in the 1988 film “Stand and Deliver,” and appeared regularly as nurse Wendy Goldman on the popular television medical drama “ER” between 1994 and 1997.

About noon on Aug. 30, Marquez’s landlord asked the South Pasadena Police Department to check on her welfare because he was worried about her health, said sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza. 

Three officers and a mental health clinician who was working with the officers went to Marquez’s home and noticed she was having “brief” seizures, Mendoza said. 

They called paramedics, who came to help Marquez, he said. The seizures ended but Marquez was not cooperative and refused to be taken to the hospital, he said. …

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Jeffrey Michael Cortinez, a 24-year-old white male, died Sunday, March 23, after sustaining blunt force trauma in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Justo Quintero, a 30-year-old white male, died Sunday, Aug. 18, after being shot in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Miguel E. Santamaria, a 51-year-old Latino male, died Monday, May 21, after being stabbed in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Noe Martinez-Quinone, a 35-year-old Latino, was shot several times and killed Sunday, Nov. 22, in the 1000 block of Arroyo Drive in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Martinez-Quinone was found shot in the head in a parked vehicle, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:30 a.m.

-- Anthony Pesce

Li Li, a 38-year-old Asian female, died Sunday, April 27, after sustaining blunt force trauma in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Armando Reynada Jr., a 28-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Oct. 12, after being stabbed in South Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.