Man found stabbed to death in El Monte
A man was found stabbed to death Saturday in a wash in El Monte.
The victim was found about 3:35 p.m. near the 3500 block of Santa Anita Avenue. El Monte police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives were still at the scene into the evening.
Sheriff’s Deputy Don Walker said there was no information on a possible suspect.
No other details were immediately available.
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked contact the Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. To provide information anonymously, call “Crime Stoppers” at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or text the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or use the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.
[Update 8:54 p.m.: Since 2007, eight other homicides have been reported within one mile of the location of Saturday’s killing, according to data collected in The Times’ Homicide Report.
The most recent took place in November 2011, when Marlene Estrada, 31, was found dead in the Rio Hondo Wash. Coroner’s records show she was shot at least 10 times in the chest, abdomen, hands, right upper back, right arm and right leg.]
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