A father and son have been arrested in connection with three cold case murders in East Los Angeles, authorities said Thursday morning.
The murders happened in 2014, 2015 and 2018. The two men were arrested early Thursday morning in the 300 block of Humphries Avenue in East Los Angeles.
Details about the two men in custody and what led to their arrests were not immediately available.
An $80,000 reward was offered in exchange for information in the slayings of 34 year-old Jesse Avalos, 38 year-old Eduardo Robles and 27 year-old Amanda “Nikki” Lopez.
Detectives said they believed the three crimes, which occurred within about two miles from one another, were connected. They said the victims were targeted.
The slayings began on Feb. 10, 2014, when after Avalos received a call from an acquaintance who asked for a car jumpstart near Telegraph Road and Arizona Avenue in East Los Angeles. Avalos responded, and deputies found him hours later in the driver’s seat of his SUV and suffering from gunshot wounds. The hood of the SUV was open when deputies arrived at the scene in the 4800 block of Telegraph Road in East Los Angeles, the sheriff’s department said.
On July 6, 2015, Robles was involved in a fight in the driveway of a home in the 4300 block of Eagle Street in East Los Angeles. The individual with whom Robles was fighting jumped a fence, punctured the tires of his car and left the scene. He returned five minutes later and shot Robles several times, the sheriff’s department said.
The shooter left the scene in a car driven by another man, authorities said.
On April 22, 2018, Lopez was in a tent at a homeless encampment when someone shot and killed her, authorities said. The encampment was in a courtyard in front of the East Los Angeles Courthouse.
Details about the motives behind the slayings were not immediately available.
When the award was announced in August, investigators said there were likely several witnesses to the crimes.
Source: NBC Los Angeles
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