Christine Pelisek

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 125: Market Altercation Turns Deadly

Christine PelisekJune 8, 2009

Police are searching for three men they believe are responsible for the shooting death of 37-year-old Laquinn Tucker in Exposition Park. View Larger Map Tucker was standing on the front porch of a home in the 800 block of West 43rd Street on Friday night, June 5, when he was......

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 126: Shooting at Koreatown Karaoke Bar

Christine PelisekJune 8, 2009

Two men were shot, and one died, after a heated fracas inside a Koreatown Karaoke bar on June 7. View Larger Map According to police reports, the shooting at M2 Cafe & Karaoke Bar at 4001 W. Sixth Street, occurred about 2:10 a.m., Sunday, after 37-year-old Michael Kim and another......

LAPD Cop, Alleged Murderess Stephanie Lazarus, Picked Up By One of Her Own

Christine PelisekJune 5, 2009

All eyes were on Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton today after news broke that 49-year-old detective Stephanie Ilene Lazarus was arrested for the cold-case shooting and beating death of her ex-boyfriend's wife Sherri Rae Rasmussen. As one television reporter put it, "The long arm of the law ends......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 123, Man Shot Sitting on Porch

Christine PelisekJune 5, 2009

A man was shot while he was sitting on his porch in the 200 block of West 2nd Street in the Harbor area at Midnight on June 5. According to preliminary police reports, the victim was sitting on his porch when a man walked up to him, an argument erupted......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Update: Son Charged with Stabbing Mother to Death in Reseda Home

Christine PelisekJune 4, 2009

The 23-year-old son of a school teacher was charged today with her murder. Bryan Garcia-Munguia is charged with one count of murder with a special allegation that he used a knife. Saida Munguia, 40, was stabbed multiple times in the chest at her apartment in the 7600 block of Reseda......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 122, Update: Man Gunned Down on East 101 st Street

Christine PelisekJune 3, 2009

A man was shot to death and three other men were injured in a suspected drive-by shooting at 8 p.m. on June 2. View Larger Map According to preliminary police reports, an African American gunman, who was driving a black vehicle, drove up to four African American men in their......

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Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 122, Man Gunned Down on East 101 st Street

Christine PelisekJune 3, 2009

A man was shot to death and three other men were injured in a suspected drive-by shooting at 8 p.m. last night. According to preliminary police reports, an African American gunman, who was driving a black vehicle, drove up to four African American men in their 30's. The shooter fired......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 121, Man Shot to Death at Johnny's Pastrami

Christine PelisekJune 2, 2009

It was another brutal night in Los Angeles. A man was killed at 1:24 a.m. today as he was sitting with two friends in a red car in the parking lot of Johnny's Pastrami at 4331 West Adams Boulevard. According to the police, an assailant approached the passenger side of......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Update: Son Arrested for Stabbing Mother in Reseda Home

Christine PelisekJune 2, 2009

A 24-year-old man is sitting in jail today on suspicion of stabbing his 40-year-old mother to death inside her home in Reseda. Bryan Garcia-Munguia was arrested on June 1 around 11:15 p.m. at a Denny's, near the apartment he shared with his mother, a few minutes after he walked up......

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Reseda Home

Christine PelisekJune 1, 2009

The body of a Hispanic woman who had been stabbed to death was found today in her Reseda apartment by her brother. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a 911 call at 2:51 p.m. to an apartment in the 7600 block of Reseda Boulevard. Paramedics later pronounced her dead......

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Christine Pelisek

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 125: Market Altercation Turns Deadly

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 126: Shooting at Koreatown Karaoke Bar

LAPD Cop, Alleged Murderess Stephanie Lazarus, Picked Up By One of Her Own

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 123, Man Shot Sitting on Porch

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Update: Son Charged with Stabbing Mother to Death in Reseda Home

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 122, Update: Man Gunned Down on East 101 st Street

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 122, Man Gunned Down on East 101 st Street

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 121, Man Shot to Death at Johnny's Pastrami

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Update: Son Arrested for Stabbing Mother in Reseda Home

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 120, Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Reseda Home

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