A San Gabriel man, possibly implicated in a Diamond Bar shooting, was found dead in a Primm, Nevada casino parking lot.
Clark County Coroner’s officials said the man, identified by posteres here as “j”, was Jason Burke, of San Gabriel.
There’s some interesting speculation about the case in the comment sections of earlier postings. here.

Here’s the gist of what we’ll be reporting tomorrow — its a twist or wrinkle (whatever you want to call it)

The investigation into the shooting death of a Diamond Bar man led detectives Friday to Sin City where they tried to determine if a man who committed suicide there might be linked to the murder, officials said.
Gregory Edward Eversole, 29 was shot to death Wednesday morning inside his apartment in the 21700 Laurel Rim Drive in Diamond Bar, officials said.
The Las Vegas suicide victim, was only identified as a man in his 30s. The mans identity was not released pending notification of next of kin.

My assumption is that the Vegas man left a note. Clark County coroner’s showed up read the note and called LA.
In any event, Sheriff’s homicide is still being prety tight lipped about the whole case. We’ll take another look Monday morning.

A funeral is scheduled in Pico Rivera today for Maria Hicks. The funeral will be held at St. Francis Xavier on Acacia.
The 57-year-old grandmother was apparently killed by taggers after she followed one who had painted a wall near her home last Friday.
Three people have been arrested, but detectives are on the look out for more.
Today’s story on the case is here.

More loose ends:
The John and Ken Show on KFI devoted their 5:30 p.m. segment to the case Wednesday. Callers were asked to talk about times they attempted to stop a crime in their neighborhood. I dont’ remember any of the callers saying they had suffered consequences from intervening. John Kobylt was on vacation in Alaska, so it was up to Ken Chiampou to field the three or four callers.
Bill Handel’s “Handel on the News” show at 6 a.m. Thursday briefly mentioned the story. That’s probably because the Times ran the Hicks story on its front page Thursday …

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Some random loose ends:
A coroner’s spokesman Wednesday told reporter Ruby Gonzales that Neal Williams died from “sharp force injuries” which would idicate he was stabbed more than once. I saw a comment on an Internet news group from a person identifying herself as a neighbor who claimed Neal was stabbed 40 times.
The children’s bodies have been released to Rose Hills Mortuary as of Wedensday and now the coroner is saying an actual cause fo death determination has been delayed. Any number of things could be read into that including the possibility they were poisoned. (No one has said that)…

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