SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—Authorities April 29 were still searching for a woman who abandoned a newborn child found dead with his umbilical cord attached in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. Homicide detectives were sent to the 1200 block of Lerma Road at about 8 a.m. Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s…

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A 48-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in South El Monte—allegedly in the act of stealing a catalytic converter from a vehicle—was identified April 22. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified the man as Juan Alarcon, who died at the scene. Deputies were called at 2:51 a.m. Thursday to the 1100…

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A man was fatally stabbed Friday in South El Monte, allegedly in the act of stealing a catalytic converter from a vehicle, and authorities detained a resident who had confronted the suspect and his accomplices. Deputies were called at 2:51 a.m. to the 1100 block of Thienes Avenue, where they found the…

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday to a parking lot of a business shopping center in the…

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. on Jan. 19 to a parking lot of a business shopping center…

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is circulating a photo of a 16-year-old boy who went missing in South El Monte and is also a person of interest in a recent fatal hit-and-run crash in Rosemead. Mariano Coc went missing from his South El Monte home on Nov. 7, the sheriff’s Temple…