Homicide Report > Guillermo Diaz, 38
Guillermo Diaz, 38
Died Dec. 31, 2012
Guillermo Diaz, a 38-year-old Latino, was found dead Monday, Dec. 31, in the 9400 block of John Street in Santa Fe Springs, according to the Whittier Police Department.
[Editor's note: An earlier version of this post, based on information from the coroner's office, described the victim as an unidentified person.]
Prosecutors allege Juan Manuel Ramirez , a 35-year-old Latino, fatally shot Diaz Dec. 23 and then hid the body in concrete inside a Santa Fe Springs business. The body was discovered inside the heating and air conditioning store on Dec. 31 after Whittier police, who patrol Santa Fe Springs, received a tip about a possible killing.
Ramirez, also known as Juan Alberto Galviz, was charged with murder, along with a special allegation that he fired a shotgun, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.
Detectives told The Times a preliminary investigation indicated the crime had resulted from "a feud" between the victim and Ramirez. Officials did not reveal more information or the nature of the relationship between the two men.
If convicted, Galviz could receive a sentence of up to life in prison.
Anyone with more information about the killing is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
—Kate Mather and Richard Winton
- Neighborhood: Santa Fe Springs
- Age: 38
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Monday
- Agency: Whittier PD
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
- Circumstance: Fight
- Crime scene: Commercial building
Three reader comments about Guillermo Diaz
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Jan. 27, 2013 at 11:17 a.m.
Would it not be relevant to rate every inner city in the nation who lead for the top 20 homicide cities in the USA. I think Detroit wins, with Flint MI number two. It then goes to Saginaw MI for number 12. Cripps and Bloods have great field ops in MI, IL, IN, OH, the list goes on. So what is the real way to solve Homicides across our inner cities? Let’s legalize all drugs! Control regulates and the hood goes back to school or working construction and landscape jobs. Once they cannot generate any standard revenue what do they do rob the local liquored store? Then they go to jail for good. We can reduce the court and police departments by 30-40% and shrink the DEA. Folks still will smuggle in drugs.
Feb. 17, 2013 at 5:53 p.m.
Oh that is great input David, I'm sure that would work magnificently. But you may want to consider the added increase in drug use and drug addicts would increase costs in health care for these individuals and the costs associated with the increase of incarcerated individuals, which would increase the cost of prisons etc... So you would rather pay prison guards to manage inmates than a police force to protect and serve law abiding civilians? The only thing that can put a dent in homicides and crime would be to educate people in these areas, create and provide opportunities in these areas that will persuade kids and young adults to choose opportunities other than joining a gang or being involved in crime. Lastly, help unify the community with the city so that people are treated as equals with the same value to society and input as everyone else.
March 13, 2013 at 12:10 p.m.
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