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The dead body of Lainie Cole, 38, of El Monte, was found floating in the lake at Peck Road Water Conservation Park at 5401 N. Peck Road. The community workers who found the body called in Arcadia Police Department but the case has been turned over to the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30820
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Cole, Lainie
Deaths
Item ID
31008AN
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
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The coroner's spokesperson Craig Harvey, says an autopsy has confirmed that Li Zhu died of asphyxia, and the death was ruled a suicide. Li Zhu was a 68-year-old Arcadia man found hanging in his jail cell on January 8. He was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, in the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33729
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33925AN
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John Shear is turning 93 years old. He is celebrated as an everyday hero. He is a Santa Anita Park racetrack worker whose quick response saved a toddler's life on March 12, 2011. He was hurt then, but is surviving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33706
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--People--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
33901AN
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Authorities reveal that Charlotte Cole, found dead in her van on Sept. 1, was stabbed to death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21645
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Cole, Charlotte
Item ID
21866AN
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Phillip Ramos, Jr., 48, was found dead in the waters of the Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia on Saturday, November 29. Arcadia police said nothing overtly suspicious was found at the scene where the body was discovered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31309
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Ramos, Phillip, Jr.
Item ID
31504AN
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Arcadia resident in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue finds the body of a stranger in his swimming pool. The dead man is 35-year old Greg Tser-Ming Chen of Arcadia. Foul play was not initially suspected in the death. Chen's dog, a golden retriever, which was not on a leash, was found in the backyard too. Chen leaves behind a wife Maggie, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, and a toddler-aged son. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, August 9, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33584
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Greg Tser-Ming
Deaths
Item ID
33779AN
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A prayer vigil will be held in memory of longtime school teacher, Charlotte Cole, who was slain in her minivan in the parking lot behind Coco's Restaurant on September 1, 2002. The case remains unsolved.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24411
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Murder - Cole, Charlotte
Coco's Restaurant
Item ID
24601AN
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
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p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
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Arcadia will give a free blue star poster to any resident whose son, daughter, brother, sister, spouse or grandchild is on active duty in the military.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23587
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Military, Memorial Day
Item ID
23795AN
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Twenty-three year old Arcadia police officer Joe Cortez is lauded for saving the life of a 14-month-old toddler.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30269
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2006
Pages
p. Local News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2006
Pages
p. Local News 1
Subjects
Cortez, Joe
Heroes
Police officers
Item ID
30456AN
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
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Li Zhu, a 68-year-old Arcadia man suspected in the death of his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, was found dead in his jail cell at Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 450 Bauchett Street in Los Angeles. Deputies found him hanging in his cell, in an apparent suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33728
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33924AN
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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30717
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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The body of missing Arcadia firefighter Mike Herdman was found yesterday by rescuers in the Sespe Wilderness, after disappearing on June 13. He was identified by dental records. Body was found 1,200 feet above the Sespe River Bottom, where he and fellow Arcadia firefighter Taylor Byars were camping. He is survived by a wife, Bridget Herdman, and 6-year-old daughter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33888
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Byars, Taylor
Herdman, Michael
Missing Persons
Item ID
34082AN
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The reward money for information on the murder of Charlotte Cole outside a Coco's restaurant on September 1, 2001, has been increased to $70,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28600
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals -Murder
Cole Charlotte
Reward
Arcadia Police Department
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
Restaurants - Coco's
Item ID
28795AN
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Samah Ouda, a 12-year-old girl from Beit Hanoun, Gaza who was shot in the head by sniper fire, was treated at Arcadia Methodist Hospital by Dr. Bala S. Chandrasekhar. She had received help from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29827
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ouda, Samah
Chandrasekhar, Dr. Bala S.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Palestinians
Item ID
30012AN
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A weaponless 15-year-old boy from Los Angeles tried to carjack a man in an Arcadia hotel parking lot. The driver ran to the Extended Stay America on Santa Clara Road where the police were called. The youth was arrested. No names were released by police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24533
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime
Carjacking
Item ID
24723AN
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Arcadia offers two $20,000 rewards. The police are seeking information on the homicide, hit-and-run of Fuzhi Ji and his grandson Vincent Ji and on the stabbing death of Charlotte Cole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Automobile accidents
City Council
Cole, Charlotte
Crime and Criminals
Hit and run
Ji, Fuzhi
Ji, Vincent
Item ID
24499AN
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Twenty-three high school students from throughout the San Gabriel Valley were honored for their volunteer community service. The 2003 Youth Volunteer Award program was held at the Arcadia Community Center. Those recognized from Arcadia are Kelly Cole, Hannah Han, Jennifer Hsieh, and Heather Sayers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25639
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2003
Pages
p. D3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2003
Pages
p. D3
Subjects
Youth Volunteer Award
Cole, Kelly
Hsieh, Jennifer
Sayers, Heather
Item ID
25839AN
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Newspaper Index
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