Authorities are investigating the death of a Monterey Park woman, and her husband appears to be the prime suspect. 39-year-old Chenan Bao's body was discovered with what Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are calling "suspicious marks" on it. Bao was three months pregnant. more ›

Eder Giovanni Herrera, 24, had been accused of murdering his mother Raquel Estrada, 53, and her son Juan Herrera, 34, according to City News Service. But now prosecutors have dropped charges against Herrera and are trying to pin the murders on Ocampo, who is already accused of murdering four homeless men in Orange County. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public's help solving the murders of two Lincoln Heights women whose bodies were dumped on the side of the freeway—though the department insists the cases are not connected. more ›

Guzman's mother Darlene Duran went on CNN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" this week to discuss the case and the question of whether there could be a serial killer on the loose in Los Angeles. It's only at the very end of the segment that Duran offers up an interesting detail about the case that hasn't been reported elsewhere. more ›

The man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and her mother to death and wounded a male roommate in a shared Torrance condominium Sunday night is scheduled to be arraigned today. more ›

The controversial case against former Los Angeles police detective Stephanie Lazarus has moved ahead to the trial phase today, with the start of jury selection. Lazarus is the accused in the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen, a nursing director who had recently married Lazarus' ex-boyfriend, John Ruetten. more ›

A homicide investigation was underway this morning after a man allegedly stabbed two women to death and injured a man in a shared condominium in Torrance. Deputies received a call at 8:23pm on Sunday and responded to the scene of the murders: a complex in the 21800 block of South Vermont Avenue near Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. more ›

Police said they are investigating the very thing that has been worrying residents in Lincoln Heights: whether there's any connection between the cases of two women in the neighborhood who mysteriously disappeared before turning up dead on the side of the freeway. more ›

The boyfriend of a woman found beaten to death inside the couple's Simi Valley home has been arrested as detectives investigate the murder. Neighbors told reporters the 16-year-old daughter ran screaming from the house at the time of the incident. more ›

Prosecutors claim Juana Perez Valencia, now 21, decided that the newborn baby girl she gave birth to in December 2009 simply "was not part of her plans," and callously suffocated the child, then dumped the body in a trash receptacle. more ›

A former California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer collapsed in court today as she was found guilty of first-degree murder. Tomiekia Johnson, 32, was accused of intentionally shooting her 31-year-old husband, Marcus Lavar Lemons, to death on a Compton street on February 21, 2009. more ›

The identity of the man whose severed head was found by a dog walker in the Hollywood Hills has been released today. Hervey Medellin, 66, was the man whose head, hands and feet were found in Bronson Canyon Park near the Hollywood sign. more ›

Who shot Cali Swag rapper Monte "M-Bone" Talbert? Inglewood Police have been grappling with solving the crime since Talbert was gunned down outside a liquor store in May 2011. more ›

A 32-year-old Rowland Heights woman has been sentenced to death for the brutal 2007 murders of her husband and two young sons. Manling Tsang Williams was convicted in 2010 on three counts of first-degree murder for taking the lives of her family members while they slept so that she could be free to be with her lover. more ›

The identities of the two arrested suspects in the January 11 shooting death of 17-year-old high school student and soccer player Francisco "Pancho" Rodriguez were released Tuesday, and reports now claim that the motive behind the murder may have stemmed from a love triangle. more ›

Details about two suspects arrested for the murder of 17-year-old high school student and soccer player Francisco "Pancho" Rodriguez were made public today by the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities say 24-year-old Jason Schumann and 19-year-old Elizabeth Ibarra, both from Calabasas, are being held without bail in connection with the murder. more ›

Kelly Keller, a man who led police in a high-speed pursuit in September 2009, has been convicted of murder for running over and killing a pedestrian during the chase. Dean William Greenwalt, 66, was struck while in the crosswalk at Don Pio Drive in Woodland Hills as Keller drove a 2002 Cadillac sedan while fleeing authorities. more ›

The Yorba Linda man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing four homeless men in Orange County was charged today with four counts of murder. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas says a decision to seek the death penalty against for Ocampo has not been made. more ›

Police have identified the murder suspect responsible for the shooting death of 17-year-old El Camino Real High School star soccer goalie Francisco Javier Rodriguez Jr. as a red-haired Latina female. more ›

A male suspect has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a homeless man to death in Anaheim, and police are investigating if the arrestee is linked to the three recent serial killer stabbing deaths in Orange County. more ›

The suspected serial killer responsible for the murders of three middle-aged homeless men in Orange County has been captured on surveillance video, along with his vehicle. All three men were stabbed to death in their sleep, and "authorities say each crime scene was extremely gruesome." more ›

The Orange County DA's office has charged a man with murdering his wife on Christmas. William Wallace, 30, of Anaheim has been charged with beating his wife 26-year-old Zazell Preston to death more ›

A Buena Park man accused of murdering a roommate who propositioned him for sex is due in court tomorrow. Edgar Salvador Luciozamudio, 22, had been living with Ricardo Rios, 47, in a converted garage for a month. One night last week Rios tried to come on to Luciozamudio — and it went about as poorly as it could have. more ›

A Hollywood man was found guilty of helping his friend murder his ex-girlfriend's dad and sister (and try to do the same to her mother), after her Hindu parents disapproved of their daughter's non-practicing Muslim boyfriend. more ›

Brian Lee Randone, a onetime contestant on the TV reality show "The Sexiest Bacherlor in America" and a self-proclaimed preacher, was acquitted today of charges he tortured and murdered his girlfriend, 31-year-old Felicia Lee. more ›

An Orange County man has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for the 2008 killing of his roommate, a 63-year-old man bludgeoned to death in his sleep. Luis Rosales Rivera, 59, murdered his victim, Miguel Delacruz, because he thought he was "too bossy." more ›

Robert McGill, a 57-year-old teacher from Los Angeles, was sentenced to life in prison today by a federal judge for the 2009 murder of his wife during a cruise to Cabo San Lucas. High school sweethearts, the couple had embarked on a five-day Mexican cruise aboard a Carnival Elation ship to celebrate McGill's 55th birthday when he apparently snapped. more ›

An elderly woman was stabbed to death in South L.A. today, and the suspect may be her grandson. Authorities were summoned to the 900 block of West 41st Street and transported the 89-year-old victim to a local hospital at 2:10pm. She died shortly after arriving at the hospital. more ›

David Leslie Murtishaw, convicted and sentenced to death for the 1978 murders of three University of Southern California film students, was found dead in his cell at San Quentin State Prison late last night. Murtishaw, 54, died of natural causes, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. more ›

Chester Turner has been dubbed L.A.'s "most prolific serial killer," for taking the lives of 10 women, and is currently sitting on California's death row. Now Turner will be charged with four additional counts of murder, for killings that took place in the same time frame and in the same vicinity of most of his other murders. more ›