Crime & Safety

Update: Sketch of Suspect in Home Invasion Murder

Sheriff's detectives release a composite of the suspect being sought in the shooting death of a father of three who was killed in his home in unincorporated Arcadia Monday night.

9 p.m. Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators on Tuesday night released a composite sketch and more detailed description of the suspect wanted in the home-invasion shooting death of a father of three in unincorporated Arcadia Monday night.

The full release is below; the sketch can be viewed above.

On Monday, December 12, 2011, at approximately 8 p.m. victim Jose Parra was shot and killed inside his residence in the Unincorporated area of Arcadia in the San Gabriel Valley.

The suspect is described as Hispanic man, with a light complexion, approximately 5-feet-7-inches inches tall and 150 pounds with a thin build. He has black hair, brown eyes and was wearing dark clothing, a black hoodie sweatshirt and a bandaid under his eye.

Investigators are asking the public’s assistance and seeking information regarding this homicide. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau as soon as possible.

ATTENTION: DETECTIVE B. SCHOONMAKER OR DETECTIVE T. O’QUINN
Homicide Bureau, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Phone (323)890-5500
File number 011-14781-0585-011

Crime Stoppers (800)222-tips (8477) www.lacrimestoppers.org or text “TIPLA” plus your tip to 274637 or Crimes

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Previously: The Coroner's Department on Tuesday afternoon released the name of the father of three who was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery Monday in unincorporated Arcadia: Jose Antonio Parra.

Homicide investigators made an appeal for the public's help in identifying Parra's killer. Parra, who police say was 35, has a 6-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 3 and 5.

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Shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday, Parra, his wife and children returned from church to their home on the 11000 block of Kristi Court to find an armed man lying in wait for them in the garage.

The Sheriff's Department says the suspect, a light-skinned Hispanic man in his early to mid-30s, pointed a hand gun at the family and demanded money. Fearing for their safety, the family handed over their rent money to the suspect.

Believing the family had more money in the house, the suspect ordered the mother and children into a back bedroom before demanding more cash from the father, according to the Sheriff's Department.

Shortly afterwards, the family heard gunshots. They left the room to find the Parra dead and the suspect gone.

All was quiet Tuesday morning on Kristi Court, belying the violence of the night before. Neighbors, who declined to talk with the media, went about their day while a cleaning crew arrived to mop up the scene of the crime.

A woman identified as the children's aunt stopped into the house without talking to reporters.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. To give an anonymous tip, call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1(800) 222-TIPS (8477) or text the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). You can also use the Crime Stoppers Web site to submit your tip.


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