Thong Kien Ma, 32
Thong Kien Ma, a 32-year-old Asianmale, died Tuesday, May 5, in South El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
View ArticleBrendon K Glenn, 29
Brendon K Glenn, a 29-year-old blackmale, died Wednesday, May 6, in Venice, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Man sentenced to 16 years to life in killing of friend at construction site
A 21-year-old Latino who bludgeoned a friend to death at an East Hollywood construction site was sentenced Monday to 16 years to life in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County district...
View ArticleBlacks still top Compton's homicide rolls, despite demographic change
Since their 13-year-old son, Draysean Earl, was gunned down six years ago in Compton, his parents have paid close attention to the news when someone else is killed.Each year, they hold a march on May...
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After two deadlocked juries, third trial begins in 5-year-old's 2010 slaying
Aaron Shannon Jr. could not be contained in his Spider-Man costume. In his Halloween costume, he jumped and evaded imaginary bad guys off his back porch. Family members even wriggled around in his...
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Mother's Day for those who have lost children: 'Dealing with it the best way...
It's been almost three months since Dorothy Hill's son, 39-year-old Kinshasa Jackson, was shot in Watts.His body was found on the grass of a neighbor's yard in the early morning hours of Feb. 13, and...
View ArticleGregory Montgomery, 51
Gregory Montgomery, a 51-year-old blackmale, died Friday, May 8, in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
View ArticleSiria Imelda Portillo-Torres, 36
Siria Imelda Portillo-Torres, a 36-year-old Latinofemale, died Saturday, May 9, in Harvard Heights, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
View ArticleHumberto Nava, 31
Humberto Nava, a 31-year-old Latinomale, died Monday, May 11, in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Trial to begin in 2012 killing of Norwalk woman
You could use many different words to describe Denise Battey — "gentle," "loving," "elegant," "disciplined" — but a final descriptor, “stabbed to death in her own home,” doesn’t fit. Battey was a...
View ArticleThree men sentenced to life for 2013 gang-related killing in Pasadena
Three Latino men were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 22 in connection with the robbery and shooting death of a 21-year-old man in Pasadena in 2013, according to...
View ArticleWhittier woman sentenced to prison for killing husband in 2007
A 57-year-old Whittier woman was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison on April 24 for shooting and killing her husband nearly eight years earlier, on April 26, 2007, according to the Los...
View ArticleGardena man charged in the stabbing death of his mother
A 29-year-old Gardena man was charged April 22 with breaking into his mother’s apartment in Gardena on April 19 and stabbing her to death, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office...
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Rodrigo Gonzalez, 17
Rodrigo Gonzalez, a 17-year-old Latinomale, died Saturday, April 25, in South El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
View ArticleBrian Pleytez, 25
Brian Pleytez, a 25-year-old Latinomale, died Saturday, May 9, after being shot in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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A brother's hunch helps lead to an arrest in a Venice killing
As soon as Antonio Gonzalez heard that his younger brother was dead, he had a feeling that someone had hurt him.Gonzalez, 54, got the call about 2 a.m. on a Sunday last month from a social worker from...
View ArticleCompton fashion show focuses on victims of violence
As two young boys walked to the end of a runway in a Compton banquet hall, the crowd went nearly silent. Their black and blue T-shirts bore a photo of a man and read “In loving memory." Their uncle had...
View ArticleTeacher sentenced to life in prison for killing his estranged wife
A Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus three additional years Tuesday for stabbing his wife to death outside a West Hills...
View ArticleMan who killed girlfriend and her mother sentenced to two life terms in prison
A Redondo Beach man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her mother was sentenced May 8 to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Los Angeles...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend sentenced in fatal 2011 stabbing at South Gate high school
A 21-year-old South Gate man was sentenced April 13 to more than 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend at a South Gate high school in 2011 and assaulting others who tried to...
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