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Ricardo Contreras, 45
Died July 18, 2009 at 4:20 p.m.
Ricardo Contreras, a 45-year-old Latino, was stabbed several times and died July 18. The stabbing happened in the 8900 block of Kittyhawk Avenue in Westchester, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.Paramedics pronounced Contreras dead at the abandoned home in which he was discovered, authorities said.
Details about how the body was discovered were not immediately available. Police would not confirm a published report that said a real estate agent showing the house to a buyer discovered the body.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is bank-owned and listed for sale by Modern Realty Co., which specializes in foreclosures and bank-owned properties throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, according to its website. A company representative could not be reached for comment.
— Ruben Vives
- Neighborhood: Westchester
- Age: 45
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Stabbing
- Day of the week: Saturday
- Agency: LAPD Pacific
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
- Crime scene: Residence
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Three reader comments about Ricardo Contreras
Here's a link which goes into some background on Ricardo Contreras.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_12879838
Ricardo was a real estate agent found dead in an abandoned house. His sister was "a woman who killed a San Pedro couple she victimized in a real estate fraud case that bilked them of $2 million." back in 1998. Ricardo wasn't charged in the double murder "but was accused in a wrongful death lawsuit of notarizing many of the fraudulent documents that she used in the scheme."
Whether or not the San Pedro double murder/fraud case has any connection with Ricardo's murder is unknown. Although it certainly paints an interesting picture of Ricardo Contreras. But if revenge was a motive in Ricardo's death, why would someone wait this long to carry it out? Could there be some message to him being left dead in a foreclosed house? Of course he could have just been showing a house in Westchester and been attacked. Don't have any answers yet as the mystery surrounding his murder continues.
RIP
Feb. 20, 2010 at 11:19 p.m.
JB, thanks for that interesting bit of info. I to have to say "what are the odds ...."?
Feb. 21, 2010 at 8:50 a.m.
HR, have there been any updates on this? Very interesting case.
Jan. 21, 2011 at 10:02 a.m.
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