Tag Archives: Murder

Sacramento Police deal with deadly shootings

The Sacramento Police Department is investigating two shootings that left three people dead early Sunday morning. Just after midnight Sunday, police responded to the 1600 block of Meadowview Road regarding a shooting at a home.  Upon arrival, police located two … Continue reading

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Sac PD needs your help to close 32-year-old cold case

From SacPD.org: The Sacramento Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying a John Doe, from thirty-two years ago. On January 17, 1980, at 9:15 p.m., officers responded to an anonymous call indicating an injured person was at 6th and … Continue reading

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Police investigate apparent murder-suicide at SMUD headquarters

The Sacramento Police Department swarmed the East Sacramento region around the SMUD headquarters on S and 65th Street Tuesday night after a man apparently shot and killed another person before using the gun on himself. According to preliminary reports, neither … Continue reading

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Man shot dead at apartment complex with notorious reputation

A 19-year-old man was shot and killed at the Woodlake Village apartments at Bicentennial Circle on Monday evening, the latest incident at the complex that already experiences a much higher serious-crime rate than its surrounding neighborhood. Preliminary indications point to … Continue reading

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Third suspect arrested for 2007 father/son murder, warrant details lay out case

Wiretaps, DNA, tracking devices, and bullet wounds. It sounds like part of the plot from a Hollywood movie, but they’re the messy details laid out in the arrest warrant of 28-year-old Christopher Strong; the third and final man Sacramento County … Continue reading

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This is the guy who lived with a dead body for six months

Police officers have arrested a man in connection with the badly decomposed body found in a recently vacated Stockton apartment building. 36-year-old Devon Omar Epps is suspected of killing an as-yet-unidentified person in his residence at the Julienne Apartments sometime during last summer. … Continue reading

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Progress made on two major Sacramento crime cases

Local law enforcement agencies made significant progress this week on two major cases that both shocked and angered the community in Sacramento. The murder investigation of Sean Aquitania, Sr. and his 7-month-old baby son Sean Aquitania, Jr. in 2007 had … Continue reading

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Arrest made in 2007 cold case murder of father and son

The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department announced today that they have arrested a suspect in connection with the 2007 murder of 21-year-old Sean Aquitania and his 7-month-old son, Sean Aquitania, Jr. Investigators say that in September 2007, Aquitania pulled up to a house in on Country … Continue reading

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Folsom stabbing death linked to bad drug-deal

Details emerging from a stabbing death in Folsom on Saturday night are pointing to drug-deal that went sour. It still remains unclear as to who was the aggressor, and whether or not this could be a case of self defense. Police officers say that … Continue reading

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Woman who falsely claimed “rape” tricked men to kill for revenge

The Bee is reporting that a woman who told her cousin and another man that her boyfriend had assaulted her was found guilty of second-degree murder in a Sacramento courtroom today. In June 2010, Priscilla Ramirez told Phillip Gonzales Jr. … Continue reading

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