Los Angeles Police on Saturday arrested a man believed to have shot dead three homeless men in the city last last month and is also linked to another murder in San Dimas. LAPD Chief Michael Moore identified the suspect as Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, and said he was already in custody for the San Dimas …
California deputies found a missing 19-year-old woman dead and arrested her ex-boyfriend and his friend for her murder. Melanie Camacho left work at about 10:15 p.m. on Friday, telling her mother she was meeting with friends. “However we spoke with that friend as well as a co-worker, who said she was actually going to meet …
A California father has been arrested for allegedly helping his 16-year-old daughter sell nude photos online. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said that Scott Davis has been charged with sex trafficking, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and child abuse for his part in the scheme. Detectives said they began investigating in August …
The mother of a 9-year-old girl found dead in her home on Friday has been arrested for the girl’s murder. Westminster, California, police said Khadiyjah Pendergraph, 32, was taken into custody 20 miles away at a shopping center in Aliso Viejo, KNBC reported. A family member called police shortly before noon on Friday for a …
A 5-year-old boy fatally stabbed his tein brother during an argument last week. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said the boys “were fighting, as siblings sometimes do” when one of them “got a small kitchen knife and stabbed his twin brother.” “Despite lifesaving efforts by our deputies, emergency personnel, and hospital staff, the 5-year-old passed …
The son of a former high-powered Hollywood agent has been formally charged with the murders of his wife and in-laws. Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 35, was arrested earlier this month for suspicion of murder after a homeless man found the dismembered torso of a woman in a garbage bin in Encino, about six miles from …
Fang Jin’s companion, John Fitzpatrick, was found dead in September in the same ‘general vicinicity.’
An investigation is underway in California after a bag containing human remains was discovered at a strip mall on Wednesday. KTLA reported that the plastic bag was discovered near a dumpster that is used by several businesses in Encino. Los Angeles Fire pronounced the person dead at the scene. Officials have not disclosed how the …
A 12-year-old boy was found shot dead in the Canyon Country area of Los Angeles County on Monday. Deputies were sent to the area around Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon Roads at about 6:30 a.m., the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. The Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner said that William Lemus Ayala …
A 54-year-old Arizona woman was found dead in the trunk of a car in California, and a man she may have been dating has been charged with her death. The family of Christi Romero reported her and her car, a 1995 Plymouth Neon, missing to police in Holbrook, Arizona on Monday, according to Huntington Beach, …
A 48-year-old California man has been charged with the murders of a young father and his toddler daughter, who were caught up a gang shooting in front of the father’s grandmother’s house 22 years ago. Jahon Terez Smith has been charged with several 2001 shootings that resulted in the deaths of Stephen Murphy and his …
A suspect believed to have fled the scene of a murder with the head of the victim was taken into custody Saturday morning. Santa Rosa police did not provide details except to say that Luis Gustao Aroya-Lopez was located and arrested in San Francisco. Aroyo-Lopez, 24, was believed to have killed an adult female relative …
