An L.A. County jury convicted a 38-year-old-man of second degree murder in the death of his father, whose charred and dismembered remains were found last year in an abandoned strip mall in the Crenshaw district. The fathers’ head, feet and hands were discovered in a burning building. —L.A. Times, 12/19/09 (Names are purposely left out of
A double murder occurred on New Year’s Day when a young Long Beach couple was gunned down. They had gone outside to move their car because they were concerned that they might get a parking ticket. —From The Daily Breeze, 1/08/09
LOS ANGELES—Two men arguing over a taco plate at 4am New Year’s Day party resulted in one of them being shot to death. Police say 34-year-old Gilbert McDonald was booked late Friday night for the death of Felix Lang Jr. Investigators say the two fought outside and Lang was shot. —From MercuryNews.com
We would all like to believe that on Christmas Day all is calm, all is bright. Unfortunately, death never takes a holiday and Satan is no respecter of the time in which we celebrate the Savior’s birth. Death is a reality any day of the year. It gives me no pleasure to report the various deaths
An actress in a Christmas pageant who was suspended 25 five feet in the air by an overhead rope fell headfirst onto a concrete church floor and died authorities said. The actress, 23, and two other performers were playing wise men on their way to Bethlehem before about 2,000 spectators during Wednesday night’s opening performance at