Staff Blog Entries

Man Tosses Ex-Lover Over the Balcony

3100 Via Tonga, Otay Mesa April 11, 7:00 a.m. SDPD Eduardo Durate, age 37, went to the residence of Ann Valdez, age 41. The two were “formally involved in a romantic relationship, and they have ...

Case of the South Bay Body

I-5 and SR-54 exchange, National City April 16, 2:30 p.m. CHP Road workers saw a body lying off the intersection exchange of I-5 and SR-54 in National City. They flagged down a California Highway Patrol ...

Teen Dies in the Mean Streets of Escondido

Mission and Maywood, Escondido April 10, 11:02 p.m. Escondido PD Escondido Dispatch received a call of a fight that had broken out at the intersection of Mission and Midway. Officers arrived at 11:05 p.m. and ...

Death by Crutch, Downtown-Style

800 F Street, Downtown April 13, 11:50 p.m. SDPD Two men were seen arguing with each other before midnight on Monday. The argument became physical. The victim was walking with a crutch, which the suspect ...

San Diego Ad Writer Helps Locate Wanted Murderers

James Spring, an advertising writer and freelance radio reporter in San Diego, was the driving force behind the April 7 arrest of two wanted killers living the fugitive life in Baja California. Richard Carelli and ...

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

While the suitcase of human bones found by the railroad tracks in Oceanside on March 27 are being treated one way by the police, the Medical Examiner’s office is taking a contrary view. After the ...

Man Found Guilty for Meth Mania Debt Collecting Slaying

San Diego Superior Court April 3, 2008 On May 1, 55-year-old Marion Chillis will be sentenced to life in prison for the 2006 brutal killing of his wife, 47-year-old Peggy Chillis. The jury only had ...

Killer Admits to Second Degree Murder

San Diego Superior Court April 3, 2008 31-year-old Kornisi Savaiinaea pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Superior Court. On May 5, Judge Frank Brown is expected to sentence Savaiinaea 19-years-to-life for the 1995 cold ...

Case of Another Chula Vista Gang Shooting

1215 Broadway, Chula Vista April 2, 2:45 p.m. CVPD Chula Vista Police were called to the Ritmo Latino Strip Mall after a man was shot during a confrontation with three men. Witnesses told officers that ...

April 1 Murder Conviction No Fool's Joke

It was no April Fool’s joke for 35-year-old Bryan Dammon Smith in San Diego Superior Court on April 1. He was sentenced to life in prison for a 1994 homicide case. Smith was found guilty ...

Estranged Ex-Boyfriend Wields a Big Kitchen Knife

7200 Werner, University City April 6, 3:30 p.m. SDPD Mark Lin seems to have paid a visit to his ex-girlfriend's residence, looking for her. He is believed to have fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s 71-year-old grandfather, ...

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

600 Carefree Drive, Encanto April 4, 12:15 p.m. SDPD A 45-year-old man, as now unidentified, walked into the headquarters of the Chula Vista Police Department and told offers he “believed” he had killed his wife. ...

An Infant Dies in San Marcos

1900 Lindsley Park Drive, San Marcos April 3, 3 p.m. Sheriff's Dept. Officers responded to an emergency call, reporting that an infant had stopped breathing. Sheriff's Homicide Unit detectives responded to the scene and indeed ...

Remains of the Day

Unknown address, Clairemont April 3, 2008 After a suitcase full of human bones was found near the railraod tracks in Oceanside on March 27, a mysterious skull turns up. A man found a box in ...

Toxicology Report Does Not Aid Case

5200 Landis Street January 29, 6:30 p.m. SDPD The Medical Examiner’s Office released the toxicology report on March 27 regarding Dane Williams, 23, an Orange County resident who went missing from the Gaslamp on January ...

Mysterious Bones in an Abandoned Suitcase

Ocean Boulevard and Avenida del Oro, Oceanside March 28, 11:60 p.m. Oceanside PD A railroad employee came across a suitcase by the tracks. Inside the suitcase were a bunch of bones, believed to be human, ...

And Yet Another Encanto Street Slaying

6800 Imperial Avenue, Encanto March 31, 11:31 p.m. SDPD Officers were dispatched on a report of a shooting. They arrived to find a male, 20, and two females, 17 and 18, suffering from gunshot wounds. ...

The Governator Wants Two Chula Vista Homicides Solved

On March 27, 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued six rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in a California court of the person or persons responsible for various unsolved murder cases in California, ...

Attempted Murder Over Pilfered Weed

513 Hermes Avenue, Encinitas March 29, 8:48 p.m. Sherriff's Dept. Deputies from the Encinitas Sheriff's Station received a call of an assault with a deadly weapon (and attempted murder). The initial caller said an individual ...

Gang Brawl Leaves Many Knife Wounds

3800 Chamoune Avenue, Fairmont Village March 23, 11:37 p.m. SDPD Reports came in about a large fight at the intersection of University and Chamoune. One report indicated there was an injured male lying on the ...

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