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Wheelchair murder victim zip tied: Reward if you know killers in Antelope Valley
Glen Brittner (right) in happier times long before he was murdered in his wheelchair. Via GoFundMe.com. Authorities Wednesday announced a $20,000 reward for help in solving the beating death of a zip...
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Court rejects appeal from man convicted of gunning down ex co-worker,...
Photo via Pixabay A state appeals court panel Thursday upheld a man’s conviction for gunning down a former co-worker, whose body was found encased in concrete more than a week later in a Santa Fe...
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He hired hitman to murder teen wife: Victim’s justice two decades later
Morrad Ghonim A killer husband was convicted Monday of hiring a hitman to murder his 17-year-old wife in a La Mirada park — a crime that went unsolved for nearly two decades. Jurors deliberated over...
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Woman found beaten to death inside Harbor City motel room
A Los Angeles Police Department cruiser. Photo by John Schreiber A woman was found beaten to death inside a motel room in Harbor City Sunday and police have no suspect at this point, Los Angeles police...
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Murdered over an argument? One dead in brutal Laguna Niguel slaying
Photo via Pixabay A 59-year-old Laguna Niguel man was charged Tuesday with brutally stabbing an acquaintance to death in the victim’s home. Steve Richard Gilbert was charged with murder with a...
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Gangsters killed ‘slow’ teen wearing red shoes: 50 years to life
via Wikimedia Commons Two gang members were sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in state prison for the killing of a 19-year-old mentally disabled man who prosecutors said was gunned down near a...
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Sister killer won’t get out: Stabbing conviction appeal fails
Photo via Pixabay A state appellate court panel Wednesday upheld a former North Hollywood resident’s conviction for fatally stabbing his 19-year-old sister. Mario Alejandro Martinez was convicted last...
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Transgender woman’s killer was her live-in partner: He gets 12 years in...
Photo via Pixabay A Van Nuys killer convicted of stabbing his live-in transgender woman partner and then setting their room on fire was sentenced Thursday to 12 years and eight months in state prison....
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Death row demand for Orange County’s worst mass murderer
Scott Evans Dekraai. Photo courtesy of the OCSD A state senator Thursday demanded the California attorney general’s office pursue the death penalty against Scott Evans Dekraai, the worst mass murderer...
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Dead mom’s lover hunted: Was it Huntington Beach murder?
Authorities hunted Sunday for a 41-year-old man who had a stormy dating relationship with a mother of three found dead inside her Huntington Beach home. Marylou Sarkissian, 50, was found dead about 1...
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Murder suspect won’t leave cell: Rocky start to case against stepsister, lover
Rocky start for murder case at the Criminal Courts building in downtown Los Angeles. Photo by John Schreiber. Court proceedings got off to a rocky start Monday for a couple accused of killing the...
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Pregnant mom murdered by 17-year-old girl in Venice? Suspect arrested
The fatal stabbing of a woman in Venice was under investigation Tuesday. Photo via OnScene.TV. A 17-year-old girl charged with two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of a pregnant mother and her...
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Murder five years ago in Santa Ana: Gang suspect finally nabbed in Mexico
MyNewsLA.com photo. A fugitive in the gang-related shooting death of a teenager in Santa Ana five years ago was nabbed in Mexico and by Saturday was behind bars in Southern California awaiting trial....
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Gang murderer gets no love from higher court: ‘Kill zone’ appeal fails
A state appeals court panel Monday upheld a gang member’s conviction for the deadly shooting of a man and wounding another person outside a Westlake District church just over four years ago. The...
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Bloody big kitchen knife: Murder charge in Baldwin Park fight killing
This was not the bloody big kitchen knife recovered at the murder scene. Photo via Pixabay A 54-year-old alleged killer was charged Tuesday with the stabbing murder of a man in a Baldwin Park fight....
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Killer of longtime friend gets second chance: 16 years reversed
Ryan Taylor Bright A state appeals court panel Wednesday reversed a man’s conviction for fatally stabbing a longtime friend at a Santa Monica apartment, finding that a judge should have conducted a...
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Signal Hill woman found strangled to death, former boyfriend arrested
Photo by John Schreiber. A former boyfriend of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found near her abandoned and damaged vehicle in a Long Beach flood control basin has been arrested on suspicion of...
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Woman ‘accidentally killed’ her husband in Whittier, California Supreme Court...
Photo via Wikimedia Commons The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case against a woman who claimed she accidentally shot her husband while handling a gun in their Whittier-area...
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Sex offender guilty of murdering four prostitutes: GPS ankle monitor cracked...
Franc Cano (left) and Steven Dean Gordon. Photos via Megan’s Law site A sex offender was convicted Thursday of murdering four Orange County prostitutes in a case that was cracked in part by the GPS...
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Bar bouncer murdered drunk? Victim tossed into street, killed in hit-and-run
An apparently intoxicated man was struck and killed Thursday by a hit-and-run vehicle after he fell into the street during a closing-time struggle with a North Hollywood bar bouncer, who was arrested...
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