Posts Tagged ‘death’


Autopsy pending for hit-and-run suspect, victim

Staff 7:04 AM November 16, 2009

An autopsy was pending Monday for a suspected hit-and-run driver who apparently lost control of his pickup truck while speeding away from the site of a weekend collision in Oceanside.
The 35-year-old man’s white Toyota Tacoma pickup truck collided with another pickup on Rancho Del Oro Drive around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, according to the San Diego [...]


Three arrested in connection with teen shooting

Staff 6:46 AM November 6, 2009

Three of suspects were arrested Thursday by police detectives investigating the death of Jose Roman, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.


Woman found dead inside burned mobile home

Staff 7:24 AM October 19, 2009

An autopsy was pending Monday on the body of a 58-year-old woman found dead inside her burned-out mobile home in the Chollas Creek neighborhood.
The blaze was reported just before 1:40 p.m. Sunday at Leisureland Mobile Village at 1951 47th St., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
It was sparked by a cigarette left in a [...]


Man reportedly bludgeons father to death

Staff 6:55 AM October 7, 2009

Man who spoke to son before police arrived said the son seemed “proud” to have killed his father.


Torrey Pines senior in custody in drunk driving death case

Staff 7:07 AM October 5, 2009

A Torrey Pines High School senior was in custody Monday on suspicion of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a classmate and critically injured another in Rancho Santa Fe, authorities said.
The solo-vehicle crash occurred around 1:45 a.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of La Granada, along the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, according [...]


Man found dead in Clairemont Mesa swimming pool ID’d

Staff 9:13 AM September 21, 2009

The name of a 28-year-old man found dead in a Clairemont Mesa swimming pool over the weekend was released Monday.
A passer-by found Shalaye Patterson submerged in 11 feet of water in a swimming pool at an apartment complex at 3301 Cowley Way around 7 p.m. Saturday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
He [...]


Hearing held for man who killed, stole from elderly man

Staff 6:52 AM September 21, 2009

Thomas Jeffrey Brooks, 40, is accused in the death of Edward Clayton Andrews of Hemet.


Man dies after falling off mule at Wild Animal Park

Staff 8:07 AM August 28, 2009

Maximino Carapia, a widower who lived with his son, fell off a mule at the park on Aug. 20, the coroner reported.


Investigation underway about Navy officer’s motorcycle death

Staff 6:39 AM August 18, 2009

An investigation was under way Tuesday to determine what caused a 27-year-old member of the U.S. Navy to lose control of his motorcycle in an unincorporated area near Escondido, resulting in his death.
The man lost control of his 2007 Suzuki GSXR motorcycle and slid across a double yellow line into opposing traffic in the 9000 [...]


Maryann Castronovo: Making final plans from the middle place

By Maryann Castronovo 3:22 PM July 21, 2009

Talking about death and dying isn’t easy. But, it’s something that we have to face.

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