Homicide Report > Celeste Jimenez, 31
Celeste Jimenez, 31
Died Nov. 15, 2009 at 2:40 a.m.
Celeste Jimenez, a 31-year-old Latina, was shot and killed Sunday, Nov. 15, in the 11500 block of Los Nietos Road in Santa Fe Springs, authorities said.
Jimenez and Leonard Soliz Jr., a 35-year-old Latino, were both shot in the head and pronounced dead in a parking lot about 2:45 a.m., according to coroner's records.
Two Whittier police officers conducting a traffic stop on Norwalk Boulevard heard gunshots about 2 a.m. and began searching the area, Lt. Carlos Solorza said. They found the victims but did not find a suspect.
The relationship of the man and the woman was not known, police said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
— Corina Knoll and Anthony Pesce
- Neighborhood: Santa Fe Springs
- Age: 31
- Gender: Female
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Sunday
- Agency: Whittier PD
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
Jimenez was killed at the same place and on the same day as Leonard Soliz Jr..
Eight reader comments about Celeste Jimenez
We were very good friends in high school i always went to her house after school and just hung out. Man i cant believe she had to leave this world the way she did... R.I.P GIRL!
March 5, 2010 at 5:36 a.m.
I just want to say that I love and miss my big sister
March 7, 2011 at 11:03 p.m.
Hi Alex!! I hope your mom and sisters are doing ok!! Sorry for you loss :(
March 9, 2011 at 10:36 a.m.
Omg!! I am in shock and very sad to hear what happened to Celeste, she was my sisters best friend in jr high we always thought about her, I am speechless! So sorry! And God bless her sisters and mom.
March 11, 2011 at 9:55 p.m.
Hello Alex how can i get in contact with your family?
March 12, 2011 at 11:36 a.m.
this breaks my heart and alex i am so sorry for your loss of both your sister and mother:(please give me a call (323)3310771 it had been years since i last seen celeste met her at montebello adult school and she was a really cool girl and its a tragedy that she was taken this way...rest in paradise celeste
March 23, 2011 at 1:47 p.m.
What?? Her mom passed too?? When???
March 23, 2011 at 6:04 p.m.
Please if anybody knows how to contact Celeste's sisters or Blanca please let them know we are looking for them and would love to talk to them :) from Rocio & Brenda
Dec. 6, 2011 at 6:19 p.m.
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