News From Around The County
HEMET, Calif., — Riverside County Sheriff’s officials yesterday announced the arrest of a man suspected of murdering his girlfriend and dumping her body west of the Lake Elsinore area near Highway 74, commonly referred to by locals as the Ortega Hwy. The murder investigation began as a missing person’s case in December 2019, after the victim’s family reported the woman […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 27, 7:22 a.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif., — A man suspected of gunning down a family member during a heated argument inside a Hemet home early Tuesday morning is in custody following a violent struggle yesterday afternoon that left Hemet PD’s newest police service dog, K-9 “Bosco” injured. Both the K-9 and suspect, 24-year-old Koron […]
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif., — Authorities today announced that a woman reported missing from Tustin in 1977 has been identified through the efforts of the Riverside County Regional Cold Case Homicide Team. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, in 1986 a Caltrans crew doing survey work along the Ortega Highway in Lake Elsinore located partial skeletal remains, including a skull, […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Officials today identified an elderly couple who were found murdered in their home in the 18000 block of Old Oasis Road in an unincorporated area north of Redding on Friday, Dec. 31. The double homicide and subsequent investigation led to the swift arrest of 28-year-old, Colton Wayne Rhone, of Redding, who now stands accused of the murders. […]
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NORCO, Calif., — Authorities say a homicide investigation is continuing after a man was found murdered in the 1500 block of Temescal Avenue, between First and Second streets, in the City of Norco Wednesday evening, Dec. 22. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Jurupa Valley bicyclist, 45, ID’d after fatal collision Murrieta pedestrian, 22, killed while crossing Winchester Road in Temecula UPDATE: DUI […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — Authorities who say a local man was murdered outside a Perris business Saturday evening, Dec. 18 are continuing to search for those responsible for the man’s shooting death, which occurred in the 2100 block of N. Perris Boulevard. Saturday night’s deadly shooting follows on the heels of another shooting and attempted murder of two men last month […]
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MURRIETA, Calif., — Authorities say a man accused of killing his father and fleeing to Mexico on Sunday, Dec. 12 was apprehended after trying to re-enter the United States at the San Ysidro Border Crossing on Monday. Authorities also allege the accused murderer stole a neighbor’s pickup truck in his flight for freedom. Now charged with his father’s murder, the […]
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ANZA, Calif., — Authorities today announced that a man accused in the October murder of an Anza man and was suspected to have fled to the North State region has been arrested and is awaiting extradition back to Riverside County. The initial murder investigation, which led to an hours-long lockdown and Shelter-in-Place order for area residents while deputies searched for […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Dec. 4, 8:17 a.m. See original Story below. PALM DESERT, Calif., — Authorities have announced an arrest in the ongoing murder investigation of a 93-year-old Palm Desert woman who was found deceased inside her home late last month. The victim, Jean Grace Willrich, was discovered murdered at her residence in the 77000 block of Michigan Drive, just southeast […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Dec. 1, 8:16 a.m., With release of victims’ names and other details. Originally Published: Tuesday, Nov. 30, 10:22 a.m. OAK RUN, Calif., — Officials have confirmed that what began as a suspicious death investigation has transitioned to a double murder investigation after two Oregon men were found deceased in the Oak Run area, south of Round Mountain, early […]
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