Christine Pelisek

In January, L.A. County Sheriff's deputies scoured the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park, seeking a murderer on the run, who had nearly decapitated Robert Brewer, a young traveling buff from Texas, who was found slain at a nondescript motel on South Vermont Avenue. After an unnerving week in which police......

The last time Donnell Alexander saw his sister Monique was a couple of days before his 25th birthday, on Aug. 27, 1988. The lovable, sometimes rebellious 18-year-old stopped by to see Alexander at their cousins' house in South Los Angeles. This time, she was there to bury the hatchet. The......

In the fall of 2000, Christopher Duran and Ashley Ellerin were outside her yellow bungalow behind Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood when a good-looking guy offered to help Duran fix his flat tire. The friendly stranger, Michael Gargiulo, paid special attention to blond beauty and part-time Las Vegas stripper Ellerin,......

A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Lincoln Heights August 28. Miguel Machuca was struck in his upper torso. A stray bullet hit an 11-year-old girl in the back. According to police, Miguel Machuca and another male were on bicycles when they were confronted by two other males around 7:30......

Los Angeles Police Department detectives are looking for the gunman responsible for the killing of 20-year-old Jose Arroyo in North Hollywood August 29. Arroyo, a North Hollywood resident, was found dead around 2:37 a.m. Sunday in the 8400 block of Lankershim Boulevard. He was the victim of a gunshot wound......

A 16-year-old boy who was killed in an apparent gang-related shooting in the Westlake area August 25 has beeen identified as Juan Antonio Fuentes. The fatal attack occurred in the 11:30 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of West Temple Street and North Union Avenue. According to police reports, Fuentes and......

A suspect who was fatally shot by a Wilmington jewelry store owner in a robbery gone awry August 18 has been identified as 20-year-old Brandon Lincoln. The store owner also shot another robbery suspect. A third suspect was arrested and a fourth remained at large. The botched robbery attempt occurred......

The suspected Grim Sleeper serial killer pleaded not guilty this morning to the murders of 10 women and the attempted murder of another. Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a car mechanic with a long history of car theft, is charged with 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder,......