Christopher Westley Pearson, a 25-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Oct. 10, after being stabbed near 22111 Erwin St. in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jasmine Green, a 28-year-old Black female, died Thursday, Sept. 9, after being shot near 6355 De Soto Ave. in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Taha Bannazadeh Mahani, a 20-year-old white male, died Thursday, March 4, in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jack Richard Rodarte, a 58-year-old white male, died Monday, June 29, in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Afsaneh Kaleh Bakhtiari, a 59-year-old white female, died Thursday, March 12, after being shot near 23172 Gainford St. in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Mmadu Chukwuemeka Biosah, a 27-year-old black male, died Monday, March 9, after being shot near the 20500 block of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jessica Ann Beedles, a 42-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, after being shot in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Dexter Kane Justice James, a 22-year-old black male, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Kebek Barnes, a 42-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, after being shot in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Fabio Sementilli, a 49-year-old white man, was found fatally stabbed Monday, Jan. 23, in the 5000 block of Queen Victoria Road in Woodland Hills, according to police and Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 5 p.m., officers responded to a medical emergency call and found Sementilli on his patio “with injuries to his face and significant blood,” said Officer Liliana Preciado, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Sementilli had sustained numerous stab wounds to his neck and upper torso, according to police. He was unconscious and not breathing when authorities arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene, Preciado said. 

Sementilli’s car, a black 2008 Porsche Carrera 911, was missing, Preciado said. The vehicle had paper plates. Police later found the vehicle, and the case remains under investigation.

Sementilli, who was born in Canada, was a vice president of education for the cosmetics giant Coty Inc., according …

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Hovik Krboyan, a 37-year-old Armenian man, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, after he was shot in the 4900 block of Medina Drive in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

A Los Angeles police detective told KTLA-TV that Krboyan opened the door to his home shortly before midnight on Sept. 13 because he had ordered a pizza. Instead, he was met by assailants who opened fire.

Krboyan was shot multiple times, according to Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Krboyan's wife and daughter, who were inside the home, were not harmed. Detectives interviewed neighbors who reported hearing gunshots, according to a news release from the LAPD.

Police think Krboyan knew the assailants. The pizza delivery arrived minutes after the shooting, KTLA-TV reported.

“We aren’t sure yet what’s behind this man’s shooting, but cases like this often stem from business or domestic disputes,” LAPD …

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Heidi Kyle Von Beltz, a 60-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Edward William Mello, a 43-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, after being shot near 20205 Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Caroline Sue Purviance, a 61-year-old white woman, was found dead Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in the 5600 block of Mason Avenue in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Officers responded to a single-family home shortly before 8:30 p.m. and found Purviance in a bedroom, said LAPD Det. Dave Peteque.

She was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police believe Purviance’s body had been in the bedroom for about 24 hours. Coroner's records state an autopsy showed that Purviance died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators later found that Laura L. Purviance, contacted her mother Feb. 13 and asked her for a ride somewhere, Peteque said. After they ran the errand, the two walked inside the daughter’s bedroom.

As the mother played with her cell phone with her back turned toward her daughter, she was shot, Peteque said.

Laura L. Purviance, was arrested …

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Timothy Matthews, a 13-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.