The family of a man beaten to death in 1979 is fighting the release of his killer under California’s Elderly Parole Law. Walter Joseph Lewis, now 76, was convicted of two murders after stabbing a man to death in 1965, when he was 18, and then beating Robert Chartier to death with a hammer in …
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for a quadruple murder in California, and the boy’s mother and her boyfriend have been charged as accessories to the homicide. Reedley Police Chief Joe Garza said that investigators don’t believe the teen acted alone in killing 81-year-old Billy Bonds, 44-year-old Guadalupe Bonds, 61-year-old Darrell Bonds, and 43-year-old Matthew …
A toddler is fighting for her life after a suspected drunk driver slammed into her family’s vehicle on New Year’s Eve, killing her mother, father, and 5-year-old sister. The speeding driver, fleeing from an earlier hit-and-run crash, blew through a stop sign in an SUV at about 11:30 p.m. and drove the family’s sedan across …
California prosecutors have charged a woman with intentionally hitting a 60-year-old woman with her car after accusing her of stealing a package from her home. The incident took place on December 8, and the unidentified victim, who suffered major injuries, died on December 23. Dene Blakely, 39, was initially charged with assault with a deadly …
A San Diego man strangled his estranged wife and then shot himself to death in a casino parking lot last week, leaving the couple’s three adult children with a desperate search for their parents just before the holiday. Melissa, 45, and Johnny Soto, 52, were reported missing by their children after Johnny Soto sent the …
The bodies of a California couple who vanished five days before Christmas were found Tuesday in a vehicle at a casino parking lot in Campo, dead from an apparent murder-suicide. The San Diego Police Department said that officers from US Customs and Border Patrol found “a vehicle that was associated with a missing persons case …
California police rushed to the scene of a domestic violence call on Christmas Eve and watched as the home where the incident occurred erupted into flames. The victim and her other family members fled the Hermosa Beach home at about 3:30 p.m. after the suspect threatened her. The first 911 call reported a loud argument …
The owner of the home where a 27-year-old school teacher was found dead in the trunk of a burned out car has been arrested for her murder. Matthew Switalski, 37, was named a “person of interest” last week after finding the body in the car trunk in the garage of his Lancaster home on December …
California law enforcement are looking for a “person of interest” after finding the body of a 27-year-old school teacher in the trunk of a car after an explosion and fire in a Lancaster garage. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it was looking for Matthew Switalski, 37, who is “wanted only for questioning at …
A California firefighter and paramedic wanted for stabbing his ex-wife and killing her boyfriend Thursday morning was found dead hours later in Mendocino County. Sources told KGO that Jason Gillenwater, 46, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police had been tracking Gillenwater since 8 a.m., when he stabbed his ex-wife and her boyfriend …
Authorities in California have identified the road rager who killed a 4-year-old boy in the back seat of his parents’ car last week. Byron Burkhart, 29, is charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle, and five counts of possession of a firearm by …
A 4-year-old boy was shot dead Friday evening when an angry driver opened fire into his family’s vehicle. The boy was in the back seat and struck by gunfire in the upper body, police told the Los Angeles Times. His parents rushed him to a hospital, but it was too late, and he was pronounced …
