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Suspected serial killer accused of strangling 3 Southern California women in 1977 extradited, facing murder charges
A man from Mississippi has been arrested in connection with the strangulation murders of three women in Ventura County nearly half a century ago. In February 2023, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit began re-examining the deaths of the three women – Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez – each of whom was killed in 1977, the Ventura County DA’s Office said.
'We haven't been this full in a very long time:' County animal shelter hits crisis levels
Ventura County animal shelters are waiving adoption fees and asking owners of lost pets to claim them after admission levels reached crisis levels. As of last week, Ventura County Animal Services had 205 dogs occupying 146 of its indoor and outdoor kennels. By Sunday, about 50 dogs had been adopted and capacity had moved...
Ventura County Deputies Arrest Owner of Elderly Care Facility in Camarillo for Financial Elder Abuse
Arrest Made in Financial Elder Abuse at an Elderly Care Facility. August 13, 2024 – Ventura County Sheriff's Office officials report that in June of this year, a resident at the We Care. Elderly Facility in Camarillo noticed charges on her bank checking account she did not authorize. The...
Man viciously attacked by dog in Simi Valley
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - A neighborhood in Simi Valley is on edge after a gruesome dog attack Thursday evening injured one man and his own dog. Surveillance video shared with FOX 11 shows the vicious attack taking place around 6 p.m. Thursday off Windmill Way. "I haven’t slept since this...
Mississippi man arrested for 1977 Ventura County strangulation murders, police suspect more victims could be out there
VENTURA, California — Investigators from the Ventura County Cold Case Unit have arrested Warren Luther Alexander, of Diamondhead, Mississippi, on three counts of murder related to a series of strangulation murders that occurred in 1977. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office has filed three counts of first-degree murder against...
Over 400 tremors followed 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Southern California
More than 400 tremors have followed a 5.2-magnitude earthquake near Bakersfield that sent shaking across Southern California earlier this week.The quake struck the southernmost end of the Central Valley, about 90 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, just after 9 p.m. Tuesday and was felt throughout parts of Kern, Los Angeles and Ventura counties. In the two days since, there have been 74 smaller earthquakes measuring a magnitude of 2.5 and above within 10 miles of the epicenter of Tuesday night's temblor.When taking into account much smaller quakes — tremors measuring as low as less than a 1.0 magnitude —...
Man arrested for 1992 Surry County killing charged in 3 California homicides
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man who was charged in the cold case killing of a woman whose corpse was found in Surry County has been charged with three identical homicides on the other side of the country. KTLA reported on Wednesday that Warren Luther Alexander, of Diamondback, Mississippi, was charged with the 1977 […]
Three women were found strangled in California. Four decades later police arrest suspected serial killer
Back in 1977, three women were strangled and their bodies found dumped in California. For over four decades, no arrests were made and the case went cold.Now, police believe they have solved the mystery – and say that it was the work of a suspected serial killer already charged with murder across the country in North Carolina. Warren Luther Alexander was charged on Wednesday with the murders of three murders of Kimberly Carol Fritz, 18, Velvet Ann Sanchez, 31, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez, 21, which all took place in Ventura County, California, in 1977.The three women were all strangled within...
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