Staff Blog Entries

Man Tosses Ex-Lover Over the Balcony

A domestic case becomes a homicide case.

3100 Via Tonga, Otay Mesa April 11, 7:00 a.m. SDPD Eduardo Durate, age 37, went to the residence of Ann ...

Case of the South Bay Body

Another mysterious body found.

I-5 and SR-54 exchange, National City April 16, 2:30 p.m. CHP Road workers saw a body lying off the intersection ...

Teen Dies in the Mean Streets of Escondido

Deadly knife fight leaves on deceased.

Mission and Maywood, Escondido April 10, 11:02 p.m. Escondido PD Escondido Dispatch received a call of a fight that had ...

Death by Crutch, Downtown-Style

Man uses other man's crutch as deadly weapon.

800 F Street, Downtown April 13, 11:50 p.m. SDPD Two men were seen arguing with each other before midnight on ...

San Diego Ad Writer Helps Locate Wanted Murderers

Sometimes it takes a citizen with initiative, intelligence, and a Kinko's account.

James Spring, an advertising writer and freelance radio reporter in San Diego, was the driving force behind the April 7 ...

Mystery of "John Doe" Bones Needs to Be Pieced Together

Like the song goes: "Dem bones dem bones, doncha just love 'em?"

While the suitcase of human bones found by the railroad tracks in Oceanside on March 27 are being treated one ...

Man Found Guilty for Meth Mania Debt Collecting Slaying

He thought his wife owed him favors, so he stabbed her 21 times.

San Diego Superior Court April 3, 2008 On May 1, 55-year-old Marion Chillis will be sentenced to life in prison ...

Killer Admits to Second Degree Murder

Kornisi Savaiinaea to get 19-years-to-life for murdering a teenager.

San Diego Superior Court April 3, 2008 31-year-old Kornisi Savaiinaea pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Superior Court. On ...

Case of Another Chula Vista Gang Shooting

The walk-up face-to-face shooting replaces the drive-by in gangland.

1215 Broadway, Chula Vista April 2, 2:45 p.m. CVPD Chula Vista Police were called to the Ritmo Latino Strip Mall ...

April 1 Murder Conviction No Fool's Joke

14-year-old cold case comes to a close on April Fool's Day.

It was no April Fool’s joke for 35-year-old Bryan Dammon Smith in San Diego Superior Court on April 1. He ...

Estranged Ex-Boyfriend Wields a Big Kitchen Knife

Ex-boyfriend seeks ex-girlfriend, murders her grandfather and stabs her mother.

7200 Werner, University City April 6, 3:30 p.m. SDPD Mark Lin seems to have paid a visit to his ex-girlfriend's ...

"J'Accuse Moi!" -- Man Turns Himself in for Murder

Man apparently kills his wife and then walks into police station, turns himself in.

600 Carefree Drive, Encanto April 4, 12:15 p.m. SDPD A 45-year-old man, as now unidentified, walked into the headquarters of ...

An Infant Dies in San Marcos

Homicide is investigating.

1900 Lindsley Park Drive, San Marcos April 3, 3 p.m. Sheriff's Dept. Officers responded to an emergency call, reporting that ...

Remains of the Day

More bones found -- a skull this time.

Unknown address, Clairemont April 3, 2008 After a suitcase full of human bones was found near the railraod tracks in ...

Toxicology Report Does Not Aid Case

Police still at a loss about what happened to Dane Williams.

5200 Landis Street January 29, 6:30 p.m. SDPD The Medical Examiner’s Office released the toxicology report on March 27 regarding ...

Mysterious Bones in an Abandoned Suitcase

Human bones found near railroad track is a weird find.

Ocean Boulevard and Avenida del Oro, Oceanside March 28, 11:60 p.m. Oceanside PD A railroad employee came across a suitcase ...

And Yet Another Encanto Street Slaying

Three shot -- one dies, two injured.

6800 Imperial Avenue, Encanto March 31, 11:31 p.m. SDPD Officers were dispatched on a report of a shooting. They arrived ...

The Governator Wants Two Chula Vista Homicides Solved

$50,000 to solve a crime

On March 27, 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued six rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in a ...

Attempted Murder Over Pilfered Weed

Homicidal mania and bat-wielding for stolen stash in Encinitas.

513 Hermes Avenue, Encinitas March 29, 8:48 p.m. Sherriff's Dept. Deputies from the Encinitas Sheriff's Station received a call of ...

Gang Brawl Leaves Many Knife Wounds

Fairmont Village continues to be an area plagued with gangland violence.

3800 Chamoune Avenue, Fairmont Village March 23, 11:37 p.m. SDPD Reports came in about a large fight at the intersection ...