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Nicole Harvey, 21
Died Jan. 26, 2007 at 2:15 p.m.
Nicole Harvey, a 21-year-old black woman, was found burned with possible gunshot injuries on a roadside in the 8100 block of Tuscany Avenue in the Playa del Rey area. Her time of death was listed as 2:15 p.m. Jan. 26. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Dets. Brian Carr or Orlando Martinez at (213) 485-2129 during normal business hours.
— Jill Leovy
Updated on Feb. 20: Authorities said today they are now offering a $50,000 reward for information in the investigation of the killing of college student Nicole Harvey on Jan. 26 . "She loved her job, her family, her church," Harvey's mother, Carmel Miller, told reporters at City Hall news conference. "I've hardly been able to sleep since this happened." New details of the case have been released, including that Harvey called in sick to work that day and that police believe she may have known her killer.
The reward offer, introduced by council members Jan Perry and Bill Rosendahl, was approved by the City Council early Wednesday. Harvey, 21, was a student at Southwest College and worked in a day-care center. She went to wait for a bus to work at the corner of 45th Street and Western Avenue in Los Angeles early Jan. 26, and her burned body — pierced with possible gunshot wounds — was found in the 8100 block of Tuscany Avenue in Playa del Rey that afternoon. Between those times, Harvey called her boss and said she had a family emergency and wouldn't be going to work. Detectives have extensively interviewed her boyfriend, they said, and have eliminated him as a possible suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division at (213) 485-2129.
- Neighborhood: Playa del Rey
- Age: 21
- Gender: Female
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Friday
- Agency: LAPD Pacific
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Crime scene: Public place
Six reader comments about Nicole Harvey
Beautiful woman.
July 6, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Could this be another case connected with the grim sleeper? As i read her last know whereabouts was at a bus stop on Western Avenue. Has anyone look into this?? It is questionable!!!!
July 14, 2010 at 1:27 a.m.
My God, Is there any new information on this case?. I never read anything about it this year or last year.
July 14, 2010 at 7:03 a.m.
i wish icould talk to the mother i am christain who has been praying for the family and beleive the lord has shown me a few things about this crime /john
Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:08 p.m.
i wish i could talk to the mother i am a christian who has been praying for the family and believe the lord has shown me a few things about this crime john this is in the lords hand
Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:20 p.m.
-john...If your concerns are of good intent, then spare the family and talk to police. THe police are taking ANY AND ALL INFO SERIOUSLY!!!! So -john or Anyone with information is asked to call Robbery Homicide Detectives Brian Carr or Orlando Martinez, at 213-485-2129, during normal business hours. After hours and on weekends, phone the 24-hour Detective Information Desk at 1-877-LAW-FULL (1-877-529-3855). Callers may remain anonymous.
Feb. 17, 2011 at 10:20 p.m.
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