Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

AZUSA - A known domestic violence suspect was taken into custody after attempting to flee from Police Tuesday morning.

Officers attempted to arrest the suspect in the area of Foothill Boulevard and North Cerritos Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 17. The suspect ran from officer towards Charles H. Lee Elementary School, 550 N. Cerritos Ave., according to the Azusa Police Department.

“Due to the close proximity of the high-risk arrest, Azusa Police officers requested that Lee Elementary School be placed on lockdown,” according to the Azusa Police Department in a written statement.

The suspect was arrested within minutes. The lockdown was done out of an abundance of caution, according to the Azusa Police Department.

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Written by AARON CASTREJON
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LOS ANGELES - A 63-year-old man is facing a murder charge in the violent 30-year-old killing of a woman whose nude body was found in the Azusa foothills.

Brian Walton was arrested February 5 by detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. He was officially charged in court with one charge of murder with the special circumstances allegations of murder during the commission of a rape and murder during the commission of sodomy, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Claudia Guevara, 23, went missing February 20, 1996 after her brother, who she was living with in Temple City, said she did not come home. She had been dropped off at a bus stop in El Monte by two co-workers and was never seen again, according to the DA’s office.

Guevara’s naked body was found the next day, tossed in a drainage ditch along Encanto Parkway. She was stabbed in the neck. Forensics investigators determined she was sexually assaulted, according to the DA’s office.

Guevara and Walton apparently did not know each other. DNA evidence links Walton to the assault and murder, according to the DA’s office.

“The victim’s family has waited for an agonizing 30 years to get that call to let them know their loved one’s killer had been found and charged,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.

If convicted as charged, Walton faces life in prison without the possibility of parole or death. A decision on whether to seek the death penalty will be made at a later date, according to the DA’s office.

Walton was arraigned February 9 in the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. He is scheduled to appear in court again March 18.

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