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'Teardrop' rapist strikes again after lengthy break

For nine years the "teardrop" rapist was one of Los Angeles' most prolific serial predators, preying on girls or women walking alone in the early-morning hours. He would force them into ...
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Details released on fatal shooting by Moorpark deputy

Authorities released new details Monday about the fatal police shooting of a 47-year-old man who reportedly rushed at detectives with a machete outside his rural Moorpark home. The incident began ...
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Victim reported missing 8 days before head found under Hollywood Sign

A 66-year-old man whose head, hands and feet were found in Bronson Canyon below the Hollywood sign was reported missing eight days before his dismembered remains were discovered. Hervey ...
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Man is charged with killing high school soccer player in Winnetka

A 24-year-old Calabasas man was charged Wednesday with killing a 17-year-old El Camino Real High School soccer player, who was shot to death in the frontyard of his home in Winnetka. Jason Alejandro ...
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A knock, three gunshots and a mysterious slaying in Winnetka

A popular 17-year-old high school student was killed by a girl after a knock at his west San Fernando Valley front door. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. talked to the girl briefly in the doorway Wednesday ...
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Man charged with killing couple, stuffing bodies into trash bins

A man accused of shooting a Chatsworth couple and stuffing their bodies into trash bins was charged Wednesday with capital murder. Brent Darrin Zubek, 43, was already facing multiple counts of assault ...
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Brandon McInerney sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing Larry King

Brandon McInerney fatally shot Larry King during a first-period English class. The judge sentenced him to 21 years behind bars for the use of a firearm and voluntary manslaughter. Though McInerney ...
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Camarillo teen pleads not guilty in connection with fatal stabbing

A 19-year-old Camarillo man, Rodolfo Marmolejo, was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty in connection with the fatal stabbing this week of Juan Carlos Valadez, 18. Marmolejo is charged with ...
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Man pleads not guilty in strangulation of ex-girlfriend

A 43-year-old Fallbrook man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the strangulation of his ex-girlfriend as prosecutors released chilling new details about the woman's death. In a brief hearing at the ...
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Suspect surrenders after shots are fired in Oxnard

A 43-year-old man suspected of shooting at another man during a confrontation in Oxnard turned himself in today after investigators surrounded a home in a nearby neighborhood and found he was not ...
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Suspect arrested in homeless woman's killing

A 28-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the killing of a fellow homeless woman found dead in waters off Ventura County's south coast, authorities said. Kristina ...
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Rabbi remains in critical condition after being struck by car

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Steven Honma convicted of manslaughter in Norman Schureman killing in Westlake Village

A Westlake Village man was convicted this week of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an art college instructor during a struggle at a Persian New Year's party last year. After deliberating for ...
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Camarillo's Fayed sentenced to death for arranging wife's murder

Camarillo businessman a.inline_topic:hover { background-color: #EAEAEA; } James Fayed was sentenced to death Thursday for arranging his wife's murder in a Century City parking garage in 2008. A ...
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Man on mini-bike slain in South L.A. shooting, LAPD says

Two men on mini-bikes in South Los Angeles were shot in an apparent gang-related attack that left one of them dead and the other wounded, police said Wednesday night. The shooter was in a green Ford ...
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Ex-Crenshaw football star gets life for killing witness' mother

A high school football star whose talents on the playing field once seemed certain to carry him out of South Los Angeles, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for ...
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Grim Sleeper suspect linked to killings of 6 more women

Los Angeles police detectives have linked six more slayings to the alleged Grim Sleeper serial killer after reviewing hundreds of unsolved homicide cases, missing persons reports, as well as a cache ...
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Jurors hear opening arguments in murder trial of Port Hueneme man

A Port Hueneme man killed his girlfriend by stabbing her multiple times in a slaying the prosecutor called a "slaughter." Prosecutors said Jonathan Aaron, 29, is guilty of premeditated ...
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Son arrested in Oxnard woman's slaying

Oxnard detectives said they arrested a 28-year-old man late Friday afternoon in connection with the homicide of his mother, Sheryl Tye. Tye's body was found in her apartment along the 2000 block ...
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Compassionate Release Denied for Notorious "Onion Field" Killer

The California parole board has denied a request to grant a compassionate release to convicted "Onion Field" killer Gregory Powell. Powell was convicted of murdering a Los Angeles police ...
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Dead baby found buried in Angeles National Forest

The LAPD is investigating the death of an infant whose body was found in the Angeles National Forest. Authorities say the Abused Child Section of the LAPD's Juvenile Division received information ...
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Man dies after Oxnard shooting

A 19-year-old man died Thursday after being shot and stabbed in Oxnard the night before. Sergio Arroyo of Oxnard was pronounced dead at 6:02 a.m An autopsy revealed that Arroyo died of multiple stab ...
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Shooting victims tell LAPD they were attacked by man on bike

Two shooting victims told officers Tuesday night that they were shot by a gunman on a bike as they drove in their vehicle in South Los Angeles, police said. The victims, two adult males, were in the ...
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Suspect in Camarillo crash that killed 4 pleads not guilty

The driver suspected of causing a Camarillo crash that killed his four passengers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to manslaughter charges. Rogaciano Ramirez-Lopez, 24, of Oxnard entered not-guilty pleas to ...
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Man slain, 2 females wounded in South L.A. park shooting

One person died and two others were wounded Monday when an attacker on a bike pulled out a handgun and opened fire at a crowded park in South Los Angeles, police said. The shooting at Algin Sutton ...
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