Monday marks three years since Santa Clarita mother of three Michelle Dorsey was murdered by her estranged husband in her own home. Michelle Dorsey, 38, died at the hospital on April 15, 2021, after being attacked in her own home in the early hours of the morning by her estranged husband, James Matthew Dorsey, then 42. The Washington man had ...

A murder suspect was taken into custody by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and officials with the U.S. Marshall’s Service Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:07 p.m. Wednesday, officers with the CHP located a vehicle being followed by a police helicopter on the 14 Freeway, according to Officer Lough with the CHP Traffic Management Center. CHP officers were not in pursuit, however, ...

A 32-year-old woman convicted of killing a Hart High School graduate was sentenced Tuesday to serve less than an hour of community service for every stab wound she inflicted. Bryn Spejcher was sentenced in Ventura County court Tuesday for the May 28, 2018 killing of 26-year-old Chad O’Melia, a graduate of William S. Hart High School. Spejcher claimed the death ...

The man shot and killed New Year’s Eve in Valencia has been identified by the Coroner’s Office. Devin Marshall, 37, of Valencia, has been identified as the person who died after being shot on Dec. 31, 2023, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. At about 4:30 a.m., Marshall was shot by an unknown assailant on the 25700 block ...

A headless body found in a Kern County cold case over a decade ago has been identified as a Canyon Country woman. On March 29, 2011, a woman’s body was found in a grape vineyard near Sebastian Road, just East of Wheeler Ridge Road in Arvin, according to Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Investigators. At the time, the murder victim ...

A murder suspect in connection to a New Year’s Eve shooting remains at large after a person of interest was released.  Hours after a person was murdered in the 25000 block of Vista Fairways Drive in Valencia New Year’s Eve, a person of interest was detained by law enforcement after they showed up to the crime scene, according to Lt. ...

A Santa Clarita man pled not guilty to murder this week after he killed his passenger while allegedly driving drunk under the age of 21. Raul Ramirez, 20, from Santa Clarita, pled not guilty to one count of murder in connection to the Nov. 1 crash that killed Orlando Gomez Sales, 39, said Venusse Dunn, a spokesperson for the Los ...

Deanna Esmaeel, a longtime movie animal trainer in Agua Dulce, was believed to have been murdered by her boyfriend in Northern California last week, leading to an overnight manhunt for the suspect. On Thursday, Oct. 12, Esmaeel, a Del Norte County Sheriff Deputy, was found murdered in her home in Crescent City, California. No information was provided as to her ...

Physical evidence, witnesses, and even a confession from the accused are all readily available, but half a decade after his brutal murder, Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia’s killer remains free. On May 28, 2018, O’Melia was stabbed to death by a woman he had known for less than a month. Law enforcement found her with a knife in her ...

An attempted murder suspect was arrested Sunday after allegedly shooting at a vehicle on the 14 Freeway in Newhall.  Around 12:20 p.m. Sunday, officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) began receiving calls of a shooting on the northbound 14 Freeway near Newhall Avenue.   Witnesses and the victim of the shooting provided a California license plate for the suspect vehicle, ...