News From Around The County
UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 1, 8:30 a.m. See original story, 25 photos, and 4 videos below. HEMET — A suspicious residential blaze that left two women dead has been confirmed by fire and police officials to have been a murder-suicide. The pair was reportedly related as aunt and niece, ages 79 and 54, with one of the two acting as caretaker […]
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UPDATE: Monday, July 16, 4:50 p.m. MECCA — Officials have identified two people who died in a suspected murder-suicide last week. The pair, reported to be a mother and son, both died at the scene of the shooting, which happened on the 53000 block of Cesar Chavez Street, in the unincorporated community of Mecca. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified today […]
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CORONA — Officials are at the scene of a shooting in Corona that reportedly left two men dead earlier this afternoon. The fatal shooting happened at a residence on the 400 block of Roosevelt Street, between S. Promenade Ave. and Cresta Road, north of the 91 Freeway. Although officials at the scene have indicated they do not believe that any […]
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CORONA — Authorities announced today they are trying to piece together what might have led to the death of a mother and toddler, found deceased and decomposing inside a home in the Norco Hills area. The home on the 700 block of Mandevilla Way, southeast of Hidden Valley Parkway and the 15 Freeway, in Corona. Officers found the bodies of the pair inside the two-story residence shortly before 12:30 p.m., Sunday […]
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 4:30 p.m. SAN JACINTO — Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials have identified the woman shot to death in what authorities have called an isolated, domestic violence-related incident. In a coroner’s release, officials identified the victim as 53-year-old, Maria Alvarez, of Hemet. According to officials, Alvarez died at the cemetery and was pronounced deceased at 9:49 p.m. Her time of injury […]
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UPDATE: March 26, 9 p.m. With additional information from sheriff’s department. CHERRY VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials provided more information about Saturday’s deadly barricaded standoff that ended with two people dead, March 25. Authorities are calling the incident a murder-suicide. The victim was later identified as Jose Leon, 46, of Cherry Valley. The suspect was identified as John Malicek, 67, of […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Station announced today, July 5 that they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred in the 13200 Block of Wichita Way, in Moreno Valley. The incident occurred June 24, at about 9:52 a.m., according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Walter Mendez. Deputies were initially dispatched to the residence regarding a […]
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