Body found under freeway overpass
A Caltrans worker found a body under a Ronald Reagan Freeway overpass in Porter Ranch over the weekend. Cops are saying it looks like it was the body of a man in his 20s who'd been repeatedly stabbed. Police were not giving up the man's name as they were waiting to notify family members first. A Caltrans worker discovered the body near Topanga Canyon Boulevard and called authorities at 8:28 a.m. Saturday I'll see what I can find out today about this latest mystery. It's been somewhat of a busy year for homicides in the Valley so far.
There have been at least five victims in three incidents. Here's a recap. If anyone out there knows any of these folks, please feel free to give us a holler.
- The stepdaughter of man whose body was found asphyxiated over the weekend in a Sylmar motel room has been charged along with two accused gang members in a robbery conspiracy in connection with the case, officials said.
- Walter Garcia, 38, stabbed his ex-girlfriend Damaris "Didi" Quiles, 35, and her mother, Carmen, 73, to death. Police said Garcia stabbed ex-girlfriend and her mother, then ran from neighbors down an alley where he discarded the knife. He sped away in a black Mercedes, parked the car on Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge and plunged to his death.
- A woman whose body was found shot in the head on the side of La Tuna Canyon Road was identified as Kristina Davis, 24, and detectives are still searching for her killer.