Violent Weekend Caps Off Another
Second Logan Heights homicide in same hour -- unknown if they are related.
3000 Webster Avenue, Logan Heights October 27, 2: 00 a.m. SDPD 32.704318, -117.129482 Police responded to a call of shots fired. A man was found in the street. He was pronounced dead. He was later identified as 26-year-old David Rodriguez …
Teen Murdered, Deadly Weekend
No motive, no arrest, just one dead.
Harrison Avenue and Commercial Street, Logan Heights October 27, 1:20 a.m. SDPD 32.705275, -117.141845 Police responded to a report of shots fired. On arrival, they found the body of a teenage male lying on the street. He was pronounced dead …
Trick or Treat, Slash and Die
Halloween party slashings get fatal.
3200 Marlborough Avenue, Normal Heights October 27, 11:32 p.m. SDPD 32.739684, -117.105809 Officers responded to a fight at a Halloween party that ended in two deaths and three injuries from arguments, knife play, stabbings, and slashings. When officers arrived, they …
Deadly Night in Imperial Beach
Man shot in the chest, collapses at bar.
Palm Avenue and 3rd Street, Imperial Beach October 27, 1:34 a.m. Sheriff’s Dept. 32.58399, -117.127399 Deputies from the Imperial Beach Station responded to a call of shots fired on the street. On arrival, they found a male with a gunshot …
Vista Man Kills Wife, On the Run
Brother caught, other at large.
617 Spires Street, Vista October 27, 4:20 a.m. Sheriff’s Dept. 33.208844, -117.255394 Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon. On the scene, they found a female, 25, suffering from a gunshot, inside the residence. She …
El Cajon Killer Flees to Oklahoma
She stabbed him and ran, but was caught.
1359 Pepper Drive, unincorporated El Cajon October 27, 6:30 a.m. Sheriff’s Dept. 32.82082, -116.931625 Deputies were dispatched to unincorporated El Cajon to investigate a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. They found the body of an 82-year-old male. …
Four Bodies Found in Dulzura
Migrant camp becomes charred graveyard.
Highway 94 and Barrett Smith Road, Dulzura October 26, 3:15 p.m. Sheriff’s Dept. 32.597172, -116.679590 A Border Patrol agent was driving westbound on Highway 94, looking north at a steep rocky hillside. Something caught his attention, something that did not …
Remains of Two Found in Poway
If the Witch Creek Fire is arson, this becomes murder.
15834 Highland Valley Road, unincorporated Poway October 24, 9:20, a.m. Sheriff’s Dept. 33.067071, -116.986841 Deputies from the Poway Patrol Station attempted to locate two adults, male and female, who were reported missing. Deputies went to the location at Highland Valley …
Two Men Shot, One Dies
Even during the fires and evacuations, people find time to shoot and kill each other.
Bayview Heights Drive and Euclid Avenue, Oak Park October 23, 9:15 p.m. SDPD 32.715675, -117.161529 Police responded to a report of shots fired. They arrived to find two male victims who had been shot, one fatally. Officers and paramedics attempted …
To Stab and Kill in El Cajon
Man stabs, murders woman; who knows why.
1049 Tres Lomas Street, El Cajon October 23, 5:40 pm El Cajon PD 32.811066, -116.92245 Patrol Officers responded to a call regarding a possible stabbing. They discovered that a single victim, a white female approximately 45 years old, had been …
Navy Killer Sets Sail for San Diego Trial
13 years later, new info leads to cold case arrest.
4400 Boundary Street, North Park Arrest on October 18, 2007; homicide on March 27, 1994 SDPD 32.757695, -117.126645 Investigator’s from the District Attorney’s Office went to Sacramento on October 18 and arrested Douglas Hughes, 35, for the cold case homicide …
Bay Terraces Fatal Stabbing
Getting drunk and into fights at parties often leads to murder.
6300 Jouglard Street, Bay Terraces October 14, 4:13 p.m. SDPD 32.68993, -117.062188 Officers responded to a report of a stabbing. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures. The victim died at the scene at 4:33 p.m. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the victim …
The Body in the Alley
Another mysterious drive-by shooting happens.
4300 48th Street, Colina del Sol October 13, 11:18 p.m. SDPD 32.754948, -117.091141 Patrol officers heard gunshots near 4800 El Cajon Boulevard and converged on the area to investigate. A detective found a male down in the east alley of …
Killer Caught in Tijuana
Both were 17 when he shot her in the head for no apparent reason.
4300 Logan Avenue, Logan Heights Arrest on October 9, 2007, 5:00 p.m.; homicide on February 17, 2000 SDPD 32.696834, -117.102323 Officers from the State Preventative Police in Mexico arrested Emanuel Omar Maldonado in Tijuana for the cold case homicide of …
Uncle Mows Down Nephew
Driving on a suspended license leads to infantracide.
1600 Derek Way, Chula Vista October 8, 6:30 p.m Chula Vista PD 32.595764, -117.044159 A two-year-old boy, Carlos Suarez, was killed after being struck by a car driven by an uncle. The boy had wandered from inside his parent's residence …
Wrong Place, Wrong Time, One Bullet
Murdered teen was a skater, not a gangbanger.
1280 North Citrus, Vista October 3, 9:12 p.m. Sheriff's Dept. 34.102757, -117.890232 A couple walking through the playground area of the Citrus Sunset Apartments happened upon the body of a young male adult. The body of this victim appeared to …
"Chubbs" Wanted for Mt. Hope Killing
Parolee-at-large one dangerous hombre.
600 41st Street, Mount Hope June 23, 2:19 a.m. SDPD 32.711477, -117.106487 On October 4, 2007, a criminal warrant was issued by th San Diego Superior Court, charging Jose Alejandro Torres, 31, with the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ivan Renteria. …
Third Person Arrested in El Cajon Slaying
The getaway driver was hiding out in Castro Valley
930 Broadway, El Cajon Arrest on October 5, 2007; Homicide on March 1, 2006, 11:06 p.m. El Cajon PD 32.807732, -116.950075 A third suspect was identified and arrested regarding the Granada Liquor homicides. The homicides occurred in March, 2006. This …
Husband Stabs Wife to Death
A swift de facto divorce.
9800 Campo Road, Spring Valley 4:13 p.m., September 30 Sheriff's Dept. 32.748137, -116.985289 Deputies discovered a female, 37, lying on a sidewalk outside the Thrift Store, suffering from multiple stab wounds. They were directed to a male suspect, 54, who …
Shooting in Wee Hours Leaves One Down
Shooter misses wife but gets husband.
4500 Nogal Street, Lincoln Park 2:34 a.m., September 29 SDPD 32.705952, -117.094910 Dispatched to a report of a shooting. Arrived to find the victim down inside an apartment. Neighbors initiated CPR…but the male died at the scene at 3:01 a.m. …
Double Homicide Goes Unsolved
Still no clues in murder of young mother and child -- police ask for help.
1400 South 45th Street, Mountain View 8:51 p.m., July 26, 2006 SDPD 32.692194, -117.098262 San Diego Police Homicide Unit detectives request the public’s assistance in the continuing investigation into the July 26, 2006 murders of 22-year-old Tori Vienneau and her …
Killer Flees to Kansas, Nabbed
You cannot hide from the long arm of the law.
3400 Main Street, Chula Vista 3:20 p.m. on September 20 CVPD 32.594746, -117.060242 56 year-old David S. was murdered at Paxton’s Tow Yard. The killer also took several thousands of dollars from an office inside the business. Homicide detectives began …
Lethal Stabbing in North County
Yet another stabbing for the books.
7100 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad 9: 50 p.m. on September 28 Carlsbad PD 33.101288, -117.312607 Units responded to a report of an apparent stabbing victim behind a business in the area called to. The person calling in said the victim, a …