Mother Arrested on Suspicion of Murder for Leaving Toddler in Hot Car
A woman who allegedly left her 2-year-old daughter in a car for up to five hours with the heat on while she drank herself to sleep in a friend’s vehicle was behind bars Thursday on $1 million bail on a...
View ArticleMother Arrested on Suspicion of Murder for Leaving Toddler in Hot Car
A woman who allegedly left her 2-year-old daughter in a car for up to five hours with the heat on while she drank herself to sleep in a friend’s vehicle was behind bars Thursday on $1 million bail on a...
View ArticleTwo Men Re-Sentenced in Murder of Hong Kong Man in West Covina
Two men convicted of the murder of a Hong Kong man who had stopped to have lunch in West Covina while on his way to Las Vegas were re-sentenced Thursday to 26 years to life in state prison. Michael...
View ArticleJury Deliberation Begins in Baby Murder Case
Jury deliberations began Thursday in the trial of a parolee charged with the beating death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old baby nearly a decade ago. Esteban Alamo, who was 24 at the time of his arrest...
View ArticleJury Deliberation Begins in Baby Murder Case
Jury deliberations will resume Friday in the trial of a parolee charged with the beating death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old baby nearly a decade ago. Esteban Alamo, who was 24 at the time of his...
View ArticleFelon Who Caused Deadly Chain Crash Convicted of Murder
A convicted drunken driver who slammed into a vehicle in rush-hour traffic just east of Riverside, killing a 62-year-old man, was convicted Friday of second-degree murder, among other offenses. A...
View ArticleAppellate Justices Overturn Murder Verdict from 1981 Killing in Newport Beach
An appellate panel Monday overturned a murder verdict in the 1981 robbing, beating and strangulation death of a Newport Beach retiree in his condominium. James Andrew Melton, 67, was sentenced in April...
View ArticleMan Convicted of Murder, Assault on Child for Toddler’s 2010 Indio Death
A man was convicted Monday of second-degree murder and assault charges for the beating death of his girlfriend’s 22-month-old baby in Indio nearly a decade ago. Esteban Alamo, who was a 24 parolee at...
View ArticleMan Pleads Not Guilty to Capital Murder of Missing Girlfriend
A Monrovia man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a capital murder charge that alleges he killed his girlfriend, who disappeared in late July and whose body has not been found. Robert Anthony Camou, 28, is...
View ArticleAnaheim Police Arrest Suspect in 2000 Murder
A 47-year-old Houston man was behind bars Friday in Anaheim on a murder charge dating back 19 years. Leopoldo Vargas Serrano, who was taken into custody in Texas last month by Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleRepeat Drunken Driver Convicted of Murder in Fatal Crash
A twice-convicted drunken driver was convicted Monday of second-degree murder and other charges for a high-speed, wrong-way DUI crash on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway that killed a man and seriously...
View ArticleCa. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Man Convicted of Clerk’s Murder
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to hear the case of a parolee convicted of gunning down a mother of five during a robbery at a South Los Angeles discount store. Eric William Atkinson,...
View ArticleJudge Drops Attempted Murder Charge in Alleged Gang Shooting Case
A judge ruled Wednesday there was insufficient evidence for an attempted murder charge in the trial of a 20-year-old man involved in an alleged gang-related shooting in Indio. Dominic McNeal was 18...
View ArticleMan’s Conviction for Woman’s La Puente Murder Ordered to be Vacated
A state appeals court panel has ordered a man’s conviction to be vacated for the August 2002 slaying of a woman at a La Puente bookkeeping and income tax service she and her brother operated, finding...
View ArticleMan’s Conviction for Woman’s La Puente Murder Ordered to be Vacated
A state appeals court panel has ordered a man’s conviction to be vacated for the August 2002 slaying of a woman at a La Puente bookkeeping and income tax service she and her brother operated, finding...
View ArticleJury Begins Hearing Case Against Man Charged in Cold Case Murder
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that DNA evidence links a man to the rape and murder of a woman in her Echo Park apartment nearly four decades ago, while the defendant’s attorney said his client was...
View ArticleMan Sentenced for Murder of Pregnant Newlywed
A San Pedro man was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in state prison for the 1980 murder of a pregnant 20-year-old Wilmington woman whose body was discovered on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates....
View ArticleJury Begins Hearing Case Against Man Charged in Cold Case Murder
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that DNA evidence links a man to the rape and murder of a woman in her Silver Lake apartment nearly four decades ago, while the defendant’s attorney said his client was...
View ArticleMan Sentenced for Murder of Pregnant Newlywed
A San Pedro man was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in state prison for the 1980 murder of a pregnant 20-year-old Wilmington woman whose body was discovered on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates....
View ArticleNurse Charged with Murder for Allegedly Helping Man End His Life
A 58-year-old registered nurse accused of helping a heartbroken man end his life pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge. Kristie Jane Koepplin of Peoria, Arizona, is accused of injecting a lethal...
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