Christine Pelisek

A new defense attorney is representing the so-called Grim Sleeper serial killer who is accused of a series of killings that spanned two decades. Today, Lonnie Franklin Jr., a car mechanic with a long history of car theft, dismissed two alternate public defenders who were representing him. Franklin's new defense......

A man who was shot to death in Van Nuys August 4 has been identified as 25-year-old Saul Melchor. Melchor was driving southbound around 8:45 p.m. on the 8100 block of Langdon Avenue in his truck when he got caught in gang cross fire. He was shot once in the......

A man and a woman were fatally shot in a vehicle August 4 have been identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner. According to police, Jerriell M. Wilborn, 49, and his wife Sulema Wilborn, 51, were shot around 3:30 am West Slauson Avenue and Main Street near the Harbor Freeway......

A man who was stabbed to death in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles has been identified as 45-year-old Patrick Ho. Ho was discovered about 5:40 a.m., in a bathroom in a home in the 1300 block of West Carson Street. He had been stabbed multiple times. According to......

A pregnant woman who was fatally shot as she sat alone in a car in Leimert Park July 29 has been identified as 37-year-old Christina Williams. Williams, who was seven months pregnant, was shot multiple times about 11 p.m. Thursday near 42nd Street and Fourth Avenue. Paramedics took Williams to......

Police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a 41-year-old woman outside a South Los Angeles hamburger joint July 28. Ladona Kelly was sitting with a male friend in a car outside Tam's Burgers about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 10000 block of South Figueroa Street when a......

An Upland woman was fatally shot as she was standing next to a car in South Los Angeles July 27. According to police reports, Shaquana Denise Watson, 23, was killed when gang members pulled up alongside her and her friends and began shooting. The incident occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday......

The arraignment hearing for Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was postponed this morning. Franklin, 57, is charged with 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for a series of killings that date back to 1985. Franklin, who appeared in court wearing a blue jail jumpsuit,......

A teenager who was shot to death while visiting a friend in the Pico-Union area July 19 has been identified as Jorge Villatoro. Villatoro, 19, was found dead near 18th and Bonnie Brae streets around 8:50 p.m. last Monday. According to police, Villatoro was helping a female friend move out......

A man who was found fatally shot outside a white van near downtown Los Angeles July 23 has been identified as 25-year-old Julian Romero. Romero was shot about 9:30 p.m. Friday in Broadway Place and 40th Place. He was later found dead in his car in the 3700 block of......