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The trial of accused killer Richard Russo, of Arcadia, comes to a close a year after the murder occurred.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30369AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Stockbroker Richard Robert Russo will stand trial for the murder of his wife Carmen. She was found shot to death in the couple's exclusive Santa Anita Oaks home in August.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29737
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
29922AN
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Newspaper Index
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A memorial service was held at Hill Avenue Grace Lutheran Church to honor the life of Liya Lu, a 31-year old native of China who was killed in August and put in a trashcan in Arcadia. Her boyfriend Isaac Campbell is a suspect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30782
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Deaths
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Memorial services
Murder
Item ID
30970AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, surrendered to police after an all-night standoff at his home on Arbolada Drive. In the morning Carmen Russo was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds and Richard Russo was arrested. Two children ages 6 and 11 are staying with family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29662
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Richard
Russo, Carmen
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29847AN
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Richard Robert Russo, who is charged with the murder of his wife Carmen Russo, is described as aloof, while Carmen was described as effervescent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30181
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30367AN
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Newspaper Index
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Renee Russo, 20, eldest daughter of Richard Robert Russo, a man accused of shooting his wife Carmen Russo to death, testifies that her father and stepmother had a troubled relationship.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Renee
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30368AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2008
Pages
p. News 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2008
Pages
p. News 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Binkley, Richard T.
Morton, Robert S. (Bob)
Item ID
31059AN
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Roberta Reynolds, 39, an English teacher at Temple City High School, was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30342
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - suicide
Reynolds, Roberta
Item ID
30528AN
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A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30180
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30366AN
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Newspaper Index
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Detectives release more information about the murdered woman, Liya "Jessie" Lu. Her body was stuffed into a plastic trash container and covered with kitty litter to mask the odor. Police are still earching for suspect Isaac Campbell, boyfriend of the deceased.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30925AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, charged with the slaying death of his wife Carmen Russo, was denied bail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29732
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo, Richard
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Item ID
29917AN
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Newspaper Index
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A date for a preliminary hearing was set Thursday for Alhambra man Isaac Campbell, accused of murdering his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, and dumping her body in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31282
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31477AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident, Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam will do the Los Angeles marathon using his arms to propel himself through the course.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25245
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon
Item ID
25442AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30869
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2008
Pages
p. News 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2008
Pages
p. News 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Morton, Robert S. (Bob)
Item ID
31057AN
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Firefighters used the jaws of life to free a 3-year-old girl who got her knee wedged in a railing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22924
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Eisenhower Park, fire department
Item ID
23132AN
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Former Arcadia resident Joy Barker is undergoing cancer treatments. Her four sons Joseph, Jim, Bob and Gary Oedekerk shave their heads in support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30019
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Baker, Joy
Oedekerk, Bob
Oedekerk, Gary
Oedekerk, Jim
Oedekerk, Joseph
Cancer
Item ID
30206AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sushi restaurant owner James Wei, 42, was shot dead by a robber who can be seen in surveillance videotape. The restaurant named Osaka Ya is in the Pavilions Shopping Center. Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the gunman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30813
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Osaka Ya Restaurant
Robbery
Shootings
Wei, James
Item ID
31001AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Wieland, Arcadia resident who lost his legs in Vietnam walked the entire Los Angeles Marathon on his hands finishing in 173 hours, 45 minutes in a weeklong journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25296
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon 2003
Item ID
25494AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Margett, 78, a 29th District State Senator, who started his public service on Arcadia City Council, and Jack Scott, 21st District State Senator, are leaving their positions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33215
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Politicians
Scott, Jack
Senators
Item ID
33412AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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