A federal jury has begun deliberations this week in the racketeering and murder trial of five alleged MS-13 gang members accused of carrying out a series of brutal killings across Los Angeles County, including one near Santa Clarita, tied to the discovery of human remains following the 2019 Tick Fire. According to prosecutors, the defendants are part of the Fulton ...

The woman who was found dead nearby a hiking trail in a wooded area of Val Verde last week has been identified, although the circumstances of her death remain under investigation. Kassandra Schumacher, 28, was the woman found dead in Val Verde, said Sarah Ardalani, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. On Tuesday, April 12, first responders received ...

The man who was found dead at a bus stop outside the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in early January has been identified.  David Browning, 64, a transient, was confirmed as the man found unresponsive on the ground at a bus stop in January, according to officials of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Coroner’s Office. While investigators do not believe ...

A man, found unresponsive on the ground of a bus stop near the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, was pronounced dead Friday morning.  Around 8:30 a.m. Friday, emergency responders received reports of a dead body at the bus stop on the 23000 block of McBean Parkway near the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, according to Lt. Henry Lima with the Santa Clarita ...

A Castaic woman has been identified as the body found near Castaic Lake on Thursday evening. 48-year-old Staci Seacord, of Castaic, has been identified as the woman found Thursday evening near Castaic Lake, just north of Santa Clarita, according to Sarah Ardalani, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office. See Related: Dead Body Found Near Castaic Lake In ...

A dead body was found near Castaic Lake in Santa Clarita Thursday evening. At around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, first responders received a call categorized as a medical emergency near the intersection of Lake Hughes Road and Ball Point Road in Santa Clarita and found a body. “A female was found deceased at that location,” said Captain Norman Queen of the ...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are investigating the circumstances surrounding a dead body that was found in the wash behind Schooners Bar and Grill on Saturday.  Around 5 p.m. Saturday, deputies received reports of a body found in the wash behind Schooners Bar and Grill near the 22900 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Saugus, according to Sergeant Mike ...

The human remains discovered in the aftermath of the Tick Fire in 2019 have been connected to a series of alleged MS-13 murders, according to a new indictment released by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Nine new defendants and a series of previously uncharged murders, including the human remains discovered after the Tick Fire, are included in a federal grand ...

A dead body was found in Santa Clarita Sunday after several reported seeing an “unconscious” person in a vehicle parked in a parking lot near a Starbucks drive-thru in Newhall, officials said.  Around 12:45 p.m. Sunday, emergency responders received reports of a medical emergency near Lyons Avenue and Orchard Village Road in a parking lot near a Starbucks Drive-thru across ...

Deputies are investigating human remains that were discovered in Canyon Country Saturday afternoon as firefighters continue to battle the Tick Fire, officials said.  https://www.facebook.com/khtsradio/videos/519564758608949/ Around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, deputies received a report of human remains near mile marker .62 of Sand Canyon Road, said Lt. Derrick Alfred with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. “A L.A County Public Works ...