Rhett Lord, 23 [Updated]

April 12, 2010, 10:49 a.m.

Rhett Lord, a 23-year-old white man, was found dead Tuesday, April 6, in the 5300 block of Firestone Boulevard in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office, said authorities discovered Lord’s body near railroad tracks about 7:15 a.m.

Winter said Lord appeared to have been shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene, Winter said.

[Update May 27: Sheriff's homicide Det. Kevin Acebedo said there have been no developments and the case remains a mystery.

Evidence suggests Lord's body was at the location for several hours before it was found, Acebedo said, and there were no signs of a robbery.]

Anyone with information about the death of Rhett Lord is asked to contact Acebedo at the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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Rhett and Stephanie Lord where my roommates when they were first together and we had the privilege of having him in our home and my kids had a great time getting to know him. They loved him very much. My baby girl called him daddy,thats how much he use to care for them and my little son loved him to pick him up from school,rhett would let him ride on his shoulders,my older son looked at him like a big brother.Rhett would talk to him about stuff when they walked to the store or where ever they went. He put up their xmas lights one year and they are still there three yrs later. They will be lit in his memory every xmas till they wont shine anymore. I have so many memories of rhett from the time they lived with us and after. once he got in the water slide for my sons birthday and had to wear some of my older sons shorts while his shorts dried. We were all busting up cause they were tight and a bit short on him,he looked hilarious. Then he was like a big kid for easter,when he was hunting eggs with us. He also bar b qued some ribs once he was so proud of those ribs. That was his first time bbqing for us. He would sit in my kids little tiny pool just to make them happy now can u imagine this giant man in a tiny kiddie pool,but that was the kind of guy he was. If I needed him to walk me anywhere he would just so he knew i was safe and stephanie told him he better take care of chowder so he did.lol. When he found out he was going to be a daddy, he was so crazy happy and treated stephanie like she was a delicate doll when she was prego. He was a good husband and father. To my friend rhett, I was glad to have the pleasure of meeting you in this lifetime and knowing you. I will miss your smile and kind eyes, your goofiness,your snoring lol, but I know you'll be around in spirit, when that breeze blowes by me unexpectedly I will know its you. Till we meet again in the next,love you always shamane. oh yeah p.s. I have to throw this in rhett. member when you always had to go to the store for the groceries cuz rene never brought the right stuff back.

— shamane April 19, 2010 at 12:03 a.m.