Crime & Safety
Hunt On For 'Armed And Dangerous' Suspect In Compton Murder
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is asking for help finding a 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death his girlfriend in February.
COMPTON, CA — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is asking for help locating a 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend to death in Compton.
Daisy Delao, 19 was found in an alleyway in the 1400 block of Long Beach Boulevard with multiple stab wounds on Feb. 23. She died at the scene, according to Deputy Eva Jimenez of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
Delao's boyfriend, Victor Hugo Sosa, is the suspected stabber, according to sheriff's investigators. Sosa allegedly fled the scene before authorities arrived.
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No motive was provided for the stabbing.
Sosa is 5-feet-6 inches tall and 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is also known to use a skateboard and public transportation to travel.
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The LASD advised the public that Sosa "should be considered armed and dangerous" and asked anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the department's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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