Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - Homicide investigators are determining what led to the death of a woman who was found deceased near Azusa Canyon Road and Cypress Street Wednesday night.

The death was reported to authorities at 10:50 p.m. March 2, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

It is not yet publicly clear how the victim, described by Homicide detectives as a Black female adult, died.

At 10:45 p.m., firefighters were called to extinguish a 10-foot-square grass fire at the same location. Callers reported a possible body at or near the scene of the fire, according to a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, who seemed unsure if firefighters on scene confirmed a body was found.

A fatal crash occurred there February 20 after a westbound vehicle on Cypress jumped the curb at Azusa Canyon Road, broke through a chain link fence and plunged roughly 180 feet into the Olive Pit mine.

IRWINDALE – Authorities named the man found dead near Rivergrade Road February 17.

Jeric Wauford, 26, was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. He died of a gunshot wound of the abdomen. His death is listed as a homicide.

Wauford was found dead around 11:30 a.m. along Rivergrade Road near Brooks Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, which is leading the investigation.

It is not publicly clear how authorities were alerted to the shooting, or even when the shooting may have occurred.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoopers.org.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - Southbound Rivergrade Road from Brooks Drive to Lower Azusa Road is closed after a man was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

The male was found dead in the area of Brooks Drive and Rivergrade around 11:30 a.m. February 17, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

It is not yet publicly clear how long the victim was there and if the wounds were self-inflicted or not.

Anyone with information on this victim in the shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

LOS ANGELES - The cause of death and the name of the woman found in the San Gabriel Riverbed February 20 in Irwindale were released recently.

Heather Marvets, 37, was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Marvets died from puncture wounds. Her death is listed as a homicide.

Irwindale officers were sent to investigate a medical call in the San Gabriel Riverbed between the 210 freeway and Huntington Drive around 8:50 p.m. Homicide Detectives were called to handle the investigation after the woman’s body was found, according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department.

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It is unclear if homicide detectives have identified a motive, a suspect, or if a suspect is in custody.

The San Gabriel Riverbed near the 210 freeway and northbound into the foothills is peppered with homeless encampments of varying sizes. The encampments are mostly set in the middle of the riverbed, or occupy the areas east of the San Gabriel River Bike Path.

Firefighters respond to douse cooking, or warming fires that often billow into full-blown brush fires.

As often as crews work to clear and clean the riverbeds of tarps, garbage and bicycle parts, people quickly return to occupy these wilderness areas.

Anyone with information on the homicide is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500-Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

IRWINDALE - A dead body was found in the San Gabriel River in Irwindale February 20.

Officers were dispatched to a medical aid call at a homeless encampment between the 210 freeway and Huntington Drive in the San Gabriel Riverbed around 8:50 p.m. Saturday. Irwindale police detectives initiated a homicide investigation with help from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department.

After the death was discovered, authorities requested the assistance of a helicopter to the area for other suspicious circumstances after multiple people were heard screaming in the riverbed, according to police radio traffic.

Brian Kim, lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, declined to elaborate on an age, or if the victim was male or female, adult or juvenile.

Sheriff’s homicide detectives are now leading this investigation.